Adversity Quote by Margaret Atwood Download Open image “If we were all on trial for our thoughts, we would all be hanged.” — Margaret Atwood ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adversity Trials
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows. — Paul Eldridge Copy Share Image
If Bush and Blair are eventually put on trial for war crimes, I shall not be among those pressing for them to be hanged. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I think we would all agree that people should not be jailed for thoughts. But when, if ever, does a thought cross the line… — Gil Valle Copy Share Image
If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no.… — John Selden Copy Share Image
“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, not to be on the… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
It must be well-nigh a maximum of sense to behave so that one escapes being hanged. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The papers were always talking about the debt owed to society. According to them, it had to be paid . But that doesn't speak… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," said Pilar, "for the moment. And the moment is the only time we can be fine in.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
And yet it disturbs me to learn I have hurt someone unintentionally. I want all my hurts to be intentional. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Mary: Some call this "Eve's curse," but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“The birds were singing around me, but I reflected that the very birds were strangers to me, for I did not even know their… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Strange how we decorate pain. These ribbons, for instance, and the small hard teardrops of blood. Who are they for? Do we think the… — margaret atwood Copy Share Image
I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Back at home they drew the curtains and read, with disapproval, with relish, with avidity and glee - even the ones who'd never thought… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Simon walks back to the house alone. The night is clear and warm, with a moon, almost full, enclosed in a nimbus of mist;… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There is indeed something delightful about being able to combine obedience and disobedience in the same act.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Every time the women appear, Snowman is astonished all over again. They're every known colour from the deepest black to whitest white, they're various… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
We love playing together and we love adversity. You know, back-to-back, the two best teams in the East. — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
“The threats that resurfaced in the past 10 years were not an aberration. Al Qaeda and terrorism or one such threat, but it was… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength,… — Jason Versey Copy Share Image
“Every adversity is just another opportunity to excel a little more.” — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
“Just because she doesn't talk about it, doesn't mean she isn't feeling it. She hurts, but she won't wear it on her sleeve. She… — Alfa H Copy Share Image
Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. — James Buckham Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Struggles are not associated to a particular people or creed, everyone struggles, not for the same reasons, but each has a personal struggle at… — Wayne Chirisa Copy Share Image
God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way. — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
