Erica Jong Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Poetry, far more than fiction, reveals the soul of humanity.
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When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don't get carried away-it's only dresses.
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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Chilo advised, "not to speak evil of the dead."
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I have no faith in my ability to judge things.
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When my own son is going through what he goes through, coming back, I can certainly relate with other families, who kind of fill these ramifications of some PTSD.
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My mother only had a third grade education, was illiterate, worked as a domestic 2 to 3 jobs at a time, because she didn't want to be on welfare, because she never saw people who went on welfare come off of welfare, and she just didn't want to have her life controlled in that fashion.
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Given enough time, even evolution evolves.
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In January 2013, I told the people in the Justice Department after the re-election that I wanted to focus on reforming the federal criminal justice system. I made an announcement in August of that year in San Francisco, when we rolled out the Smart on Crime initiative.
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I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).
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One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.
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It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.
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Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.
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The whole point of having great characters is the opportunity to explore them more deeply with time, re-interpreting them for each new age.
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Christians are not perfect, and all of us do sin along the way. But genuine Christians hear His voice and follow Him.
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If we can be sufficient unto ourselves, we need fear no entangling webs.
