William Sloane Coffin Quotes

To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.

William Sloane Coffin

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• I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.

  

  Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  • God
  • Believe
  • Heart

• I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Hope
  • Never
  • Animals

• A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

  

  Dan Rather
  • World
  • American
  • Dream

• Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.

  

  Gail Simmons
  • Together
  • Dark
  • Chocolate

• We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Realize
  • How
  • Anymore

• I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.

  

  Adam Lambert
  • Think
  • Always
  • Majority

• I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.

  

  Yoon Ahn
  • Pretty
  • Simple
  • Nothing

• While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.

  

  Ma Jun
  • Water
  • Air
  • China

• The mood of the 80s - Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.

  

  Patricia Schroeder
  • You
  • Mood
  • Sit

• For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.

  

  Tavi Gevinson
  • Violence
  • Racism
  • Awareness

• At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.

  

  Jacob Batalon
  • Passion
  • Acting
  • First

• I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.

  

  Kat Edmonson
  • World
  • Want
  • I Can

• My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.

  

  Natan Sharansky
  • Experience
  • Society
  • Fear

• In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

  

  Fiona Apple
  • Way
  • Strange
  • Comfortable

• I don't think, by the way, that any network would have given us their show to release all 13 episodes once ahead of them, and the same way, I don't think any studio will give us their movies to release the same day they are in the theaters - not yet, not yet.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Think
  • Day
  • Movies

• It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Health
  • Weight
  • Obvious

• The truth is I love musical theater and always have.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Truth
  • Always
  • Theater

• Most of the time I like to start an album abroad, not at home, just to avoid the pressure, to not wake up and think, 'OK, it's the first of recording this album.' I like to avoid that.

  

  Yann Tiersen
  • Up
  • Time
  • Home

• So-called gay folks would just as soon kill you as look at you.

  

  Jerry Falwell
  • Gay

• Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • World
  • Trying
  • True

• Under the seams runs the pain.

  

  Anne Carson
  • Pain
  • Runs

• My name means 'hope' in Spanish and it's a name I want to live up to.

  

  Esperanza Spalding
  • Hope
  • Spanish
  • My Name

• To be avoided at all costs is the solace of opinion without the pain of thought.

  

  William Sloane Coffin
  • Pain
  • Opinion
  • Cost