What I know from history is this: Those who do not appreciate their freedom and aren't prepared to protect it, will lose it.


Christina Engela

  Email Quote to Friends   Link to Quote   Create Short URL  Publish Text About This Quote   Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more
  See Recommended Quotes For You

Related

It is what it is, it is what you make it.
JAMES DURBIN
Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is.
MICHAEL KEATON
Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics', respond th...
RICHARD STALLMAN
I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
TED TURNER
Freedom is not of use to those who do not know how to employ it.
SYLVIA PLATH
A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would l...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
To stand on the
brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli...
ASK AND IT IS GIVEN
Do. Then talk. In that order.
SOTERO M LOPEZ II
Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. 'Don't bother us with politics'...
RICHARD STALLMAN
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it
GEORGE SANTAYANA
Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out an...
CAMILLE SWEENEY
A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would l...
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
Those who do not study history are forced to get it from Hollywood
ALLEN BARRA
It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive...
DAN FLAVIN
With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i...
STEVEN STRAIT
Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes ...
CARTER G. WOODSON
He had a harder time helping her out though. He was asleep while she was doing stars. Without wings,...
LAURIE FRANKEL
Those who know me know me well enough to know what I will and will not do. Those who don't obviously...
KASSANDRA CHARBONNEAU
It will be the shortest ride home from McKinney for those fans. Boy do we appreciate their support.
BROCK BLASSINGAME
What you do will project you
SOTONYE ANGA
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making thems...
DEAN ACHESON
No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making thems...
DEAN ACHESON
To some, freedom means the opportunity to do what they want to do; to most it means not to do what t...
ERIC HOFFER
It is history. It's American history and to have the state do this for us, to say, 'hey we appreciat...
LORAN SMITH
Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to thos...
COMPTON MACKENZIE SR.
Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to thos...
COMPTON MACKENZIE, SR.
I never like it when a celebrity goes on Twitter and says, 'This isn't true!' It is what...
HARRY STYLES
There are many African-Americans who really don't know what their family history is, and so they're ...
ELBRA WEDGEWORTH
Do the thing and you will have the power.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ...
SUFJAN STEVENS
Those who do not know what love is
likens it to beauty
Those who claim to know what love ...
TITE KUBO
Next generations will not know what is to have childhood.
DANIEL MELGAçO
If man will not recognize the inequalities around him and voluntarily, through the gospel plan, come...
HOWARD W. HUNTER
If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you.
Either you just let the grudge go, or mak...
TOBA BETA
I appreciate those who voted for me, and I respect those who did not. I entered the election race to...
HASHEMI RAFSANJANI
dont wait for next minute, next hour, next day, next week, next year, just do it if you want to do i...
ANON QUOTER
Do it and they will follow
CHARMAINE J. FORDE
Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything...
JOHN LENNON
I saw that there is no Nature,
That Nature doesn’t exist,
That there are hills, valleys,...
ALBERTO CAEIRO
To find why that happen and why this is happening, you should start from the beginning the problem c...
DEYTH BANGER
Some say their world's will end with fire, some say with ice. From what I've tasted with desire I ho...
GENESIS
As a former cop, I respect and appreciate those who've dedicated their lives to serving others a...
DAVE REICHERT
We tend to not appreciate what we have until we lose it.
LORRIN L. LEE
If it's about what I like, I like opera as a music and deathstep and dubstep.
DEYTH BANGER
You get to the point where you're like, 'I'm just doing me, and if people don't like...
BEBE REXHA
I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read.
ALBERTO CAEIRO
See the world for what it is.
BEAUTIFUL!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS
I am Happy and satisfied with what I am. 10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will...
NEHA KOTHARI
If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar...
GARY F EVANS...
There is a social responsibility for those in the know to protect those that do not know.
STEVEN MAGEE
There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize...
WEN JIABAO
You're not alone, there is more to this I know. You can make it out, you will live to tell.
SAOSIN
This is like a pre-state event. It really shows the girls what and who is out there. It lets them kn...
JEAN ANDERSON
What it will really do is separate the true reformers from those who want cheap labor.
DAN STEIN
Those who understand others are intelligent. Those who understand themselves are enlightened. Those ...
LAO TZU
If there is one thing I can promise, that I can guarantee, it is not that I can protect my other all...
HANNAH E. O'NEAL
Not everyone will appreciate the beauty of their surroundings like you do. Spend time with those tha...
APRIL MAE MONTERROSA
Operators who do not apply will definitely lose their permits.
JEFF RADEBE
I take the good with the bad. I always wanted to be a comic, and part of that, for me, was that I wa...
ERIK GRIFFIN
It is what it is. I balled out, had some good years, man, had fun and did it with some guys and made...
CALVIN JOHNSON
We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from p...
JIM DEMINT
The human tragedy as a result of Katrina is staggering, and I know Crimson Tide fans will do what th...
MAL MOORE
There's doubt in trying.
Just do it or stop thinking.
TOBA BETA
Everyday people all over the world take advantage of life, they abuse it and dice with it.Life is so...
GARY F EVANS...
Just do it... that's all... no matter what, when and where... but just do it.
DEYTH BANGER
Don't think it. Do it!
ANTHONY T. HINCKS
Those who fight to defend their own rights under the Constitution do not fully understand it or appr...
E.R. ROCK
The wretch who lives without freedom feels like dressing in the mud from the streets Those who have ...
JOSE MARTI
There's not a better way to celebrate freedom than to celebrate those who fight for us. By doing thi...
DEBBIE STEUBE
I think if you look back through time, the history of income, wealth and taxation is full of surpris...
THOMAS PIKETTY
No one will ever know what I went through to secure those negatives. The world can never appreciate ...
MATHEW BRADY
I do not view this as a negative opinion from a corporate governance standpoint. It should not make ...
CHARLES ELSON
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that...
WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.
GINA GREENLEE
Everything known and referred to as “impossible” is often what has not been attempted before. It...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR
Some in my party threaten to send a message that they don't know a just war when they see it, and mo...
JOSEPH LIEBERMAN
The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it i...
PETE GALLEGO
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
EDMUND BURKE
Patients who have this procedure understand that their shoulder may not do what it did when they wer...
MICHAEL LEVINE
If you're confused about what to do,
it's a sign that your enemy is winning.
TOBA BETA
If you can dream it, you can do it.
ENZO FERRARI
Lose your inhibitions about drawing and just do it.
CHRIS RIDDELL
When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sak...
WILLIAM BLAKE
Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.
EDMUND BURKE
To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who t...
CRISTIANO RONALDO
37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married.
JAMES C. DOBSON
If this is vise I want no virtue.

...

I know what happiness is possible to me ...
AYN RAND
I'm prepared for this; I know what it will take, because I've had a weird career full of ups and dow...
BRET BOONE
Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to u...
TERENCE
It is important that we celebrate them coming home and appreciate this as our freedom. They are will...
BOB LIEBER
This is one of the biggest catastrophes in the United States. They will read about it in their histo...
PHIL MICKELSON
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coinc...
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coinci...
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
In history there are no control groups. There is no one to tell us what might have been. We weep ove...
CORMAC MCCARTHY
I think it works better with a woman, which is why I decided to do it, ... men know how to separate ...
JODIE FOSTER
When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily mani...
DAVE GROHL
I'm not an Emontional, but how???
I live with the thought that "Nothing can be returned, it has...
DEYTH BANGER
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
ANONYMOUS

More Christina Engela

Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Vents were added to the rear bonnet in 1972 and resulted in wet engines and starting problems, and t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Meradinis! Turtle Island! It was a little corner of chaos!
This was the scene the speeding blac...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Captain Harald Biscay rubbed his graying temples, staring deep in thought at the vast star field sho...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
RSL has more star-liners than any other company, and covers every commercial route in known space. D...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
He’s dying!’ Doctor Cove, one of the ship’s two medical officers told me, looking at his med-s...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Rejecting people for who and what they are will not make you a better, more 'righteous' or more 'mor...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Aerodynamically there isn’t much you can do to enhance your Beetle’s handling. The Porsche style...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Nobody seems to know which came first; egg or chicken – except of course for agents of the Time Sa...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Attention, aboard the shuttle! You are under arrest! Surrender immediately! Come out slowly, in sing...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
This was his first trip on the Ossifar Distana, his first real splash in life. Look what it got him....
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The small launch bay was littered with debris. A powerful breeze tore at his black silk shirt as Kil...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
In my view, any government whose state is perpetually at war, and remains so in spite of initiatives...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Sumone Yiden Smiff was a businessman of note. Was, past tense. Through years of sweat and swearing a...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It's not in the interests of the self-serving government to educate the masses to the point where th...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Imagine if you will:
At the highly secretive, largely independent, inter-dimensional and (inevi...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The only problem that ever really seems to bother empire builders is bureaucracy. Before a new colon...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
An idea was forming in his mind. It was only rudimentary, but in the circumstances, it could be call...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Why do I dislike nationalism? First it starts with 'birds of a feather flock together' and it gradua...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Intelligence reports and local folklore together perpetuated tales of his bloody adventures across t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
While both these statements refer to eggs, the main difference between these two rather irking state...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
One of the eternal truths of life - People who ask "do you know who I am?" will always, given half a...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Nationalism leads to all sorts of nasty things (even Nazi things) like fascism and war.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Joe!” he groaned, attempting to speak clearly. “Joe! Good ol’ Joe!”
“Captain, you’r...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Same time as every day, Fyl..." she fussed, the rest of the bridge crew seeming to hold their breath...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Now he sat alone; on a disabled starship about fifty years from anywhere on conversion drive – ass...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Timaset didn’t need a ship – especially not a flying museum piece! And as far as he knew, a dodg...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Well… er -”
“Expecting a rescue is beyond hope under the circumstances!” Sam Barthoff, ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The TSA liked having fresh agents on the job. Fresh agents with a clear mind and steady hand. Time t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
This was true, she knew. Being involved with him gave her the privileged position of knowing him int...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It did occur to him that perhaps he’d gone to the wrong Academy – the guys in the Space Fleet al...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Anyways, that very same night there was a fight in the casino on B Deck. Some of the passengers got ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
As a panting Tracy Ferris scrambled into the life-pod, this thought was precisely what was running t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Imagine, if you will:

A bright yellow star lit the darkness somewhere in deep space, acco...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Villainessa Tittel was a hired killer, an assassin by trade. She had enjoyed the best education and ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Science tells us the more intelligent a person is, the less conservative and more liberal they becom...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It seems to me that wherever religion and politics mix in one body, fascist values - and not 'family...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Hugs are so vital a thing that there should never be so few of them that you can count the ones you'...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
South Africa is the only country where an overwhelming majority in complete political control is app...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The only way a society of diverse people can survive without tearing itself apart over differences i...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The best way to piss off your enemies is to out-succeed, out laugh and out live them.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It seems that the price of having freedom is having to consistently fight to keep it.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Life is a two way street - and sometimes there are collisions.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
There are many different forms of family and there is no fact NO 'the' family. The basic building bl...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Tracey hurriedly shut the door behind her to prevent the flames that had been licking hungrily at he...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can o...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Freedom is being whole on my own and not needing somebody else to complete me.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
When religion ceases to be speculative and become factual and "true", it will become science. Scienc...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Documentary evidence says where there is smoke there is fire, be it holy smoke or otherwise.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Nothing unusual was noted during the voyage, in fact everything ran smoothly until Security alerted ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Wearing a smile while claiming to not judge and condemn people as you equate their nature with no le...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It was a mild winter’s evening in ‘Japp’s Saloon and Speakeasy’, in the northwest corner of ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Secure the exit!” He ordered. “Shut the doors! Don’t let any of them through!”
One of h...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Swearing, d’Angelo entered the elevator. Fortunately, that was also still in order. When he got to...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It’s a general rule – a law of space, as it was a law of the sea in the old days, that ships had...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
This is not your standard “How to restore” your VW Beetle book. It’s also not a workshop manua...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Dollying the rest up is your baby. (Btw, did I mention it’s cheap?) Most of the procedures describ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
There's no point in arguing with an idiot - save for exposing their stupidity in their own words.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Turning the other cheek only gets that slapped as well.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Ex ‘Fleet man?”
“He was a full Commander, last I heard, sir.”
“Interesting.” F...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Captain Flane to the bridge!” A voice called over the intercom at his bedside. Flane stirred, pond...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Moments later, Sona Kilroy, heading for the open doorway, stepped over the sergeant’s body. With a...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Being captain of such a vessel was not a stressful job, despite the sheer size of the thing. Everyth...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Ses’ach L’ru!” Came the slightly muffled chorus. This was Ruminarii for ‘Hail the Captain.�...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
On any given day, Ossifar Distana carried around 5000 passengers, the actual figure varying slightly...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
We got to see a Corsair ship up close – all matt black, no markings, no lights – and practically...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
For Commander Ripley Jones, it was becoming more and more troublesome. It had been said that nothing...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
What the hell was that?” he asked no-one in particular. “Did they ram us?”
“Uh – nega...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
When religious law becomes civil law, does the state not cease being secular, and become theocratic ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Soon it would be his turn. Kaine wondered how he would meet Death. His ship was a mess, in every sen...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
As you may follow, they are an extremely hostile species (i.e. there is no word for ‘welcome’ in...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
For the gaming fishermen there was the Whatoosie River and its native cocka-snoek, the main game fis...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Any religion which demands death for other people is itself worthy of nothing less than it expects f...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Doktor was very vond, I mean fond of Vluffy, so he gave him a flame-proof doggie-jacket. It was ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
So rich a client having suffered such a messy death was an unsettling embarrassment to Captain Haral...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
He slumped down in the command seat and shut off the irritating alarm. He sighed again. It seemed to...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Where would tourism be without a little luxury and a taste of night life? There were several cities ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
In a nice little house in Atro City there lived a man called Doktor Gleichstein. He was a kind of sc...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Beaming into the thick of a tree without becoming a lifelong tree hugger was a tricky business. A pr...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Death was right on time. He staggered backward on legs of ether. He could see it – a dark shadowy ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
An advanced human rights friendly Constitution is fine and well - but what good is it if it is not p...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
If you hate others in the name of God, you should be looking within to see where it stopped being ab...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Be assured, a God who spoke the universe into existence would not need grains of dust to fight holy ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The idea that all people can and should live together in peace is not really a new one - but yet in ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It seems to me that those who claim to be 'true' and 'bible believing' Christians and yet spend all ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The weapon he held in his sweaty grip was one of a small consignment of prototypes received at the l...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Christians believe their God gave us all free will - strange that for over 2000 years, they have tri...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Isn't lying supposed to be a 'sin'? or is it okay to lie when trying to make people you hate look ba...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Some people do everything, some do something, many do nothing - which is bad enough - but the worst ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Usually, people who ask 'do you know who I am?' don't have a clue themselves.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
As far as I am concerned, bigotry in strawberry or vanilla flavor is still bigotry.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It is quite ironic that those calling the loudest for 'morality' are typically the most immoral of a...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Ironically people will thank a deity for 'letting' them win a race, but blame a 'witch' if they stum...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
When you think of the amount of turnover and profit made by most companies in this country - and esp...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Our community deserves leaders who should know what debates and arguments are better conducted out o...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Tourist Office would put it back up again before somebody noticed and didn’t come to Deanna fo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Mykl d’Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his p...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
These mods made significant improvements to the cars – enough so that I changed my mind (another p...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Damage report, sir?” Skotchdopole asked, climbing off his console into his seat.
“To hell w...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The machine demanded access codes. As he entered the first, a faint whispering sound startled him, c...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Before We Begin
Is Your Bug A nice clean original car that looks almost like it
left the s...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Tracey hurriedly shut the door behind her to prevent the flames that had been licking hungrily at he...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Time did exist here, in small amounts (well some of the time) – and there were feint eddies and cu...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
But it’s a hundred and twelve years old!” He protested.
“She still works pretty good.” ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
At forty two years, Sona Kilroy stood tall and strapping, a powerful figure. Rising to the rank of A...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Swallowing, he entered the second code. Then there was a sound like a marble dropping on the floor -...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played wi...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Despite the honor of being remembered as the first colonist to set foot on Deanna, he was also credi...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Apparently some rustlers had been swiping red-horned wildebeest from farms in the San Fedora area an...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The reason for the peculiar name could be found in the whimsical sense of humor of the early colonis...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Ramalama was moving higher in the sky already, the day was getting on. He was going to be late getti...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
I don't think it matters so much who we love - what matters is that we love.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Many times we refer to people who express hate or behave in a barbaric, savage 'inhuman' way as 'ani...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
There are enough real enemies and threats in the world without having to invent imaginary ones.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
How in any way does EQUALITY with other people equate to 'religious persecution'? Does the survival ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
If you 'don't do politics' , trust me - politics will do you.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
How very like humans to pervert a message of love and peace to make it into an ideology of war and o...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
While EQUALITY means no more 'previously disadvantaged' it also means that there should be no 'curre...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Christ asked people who follow him to be the voice for the voiceless - not to wire their mouths shut...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Those who meet objections to their forcing their religion on others with cries of 'Show respect!' cl...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
On screen, sir." Pankow said. That seemed to explain everything. On screen was a distant angular spe...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assass...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Jonn Deire picked up eight yellowed and dog-eared cards from the pile, grumbling ‘garrn’ under h...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Half-Lieutenant Marsh’k Kluss’ta was not a happy man. Naturally, that didn’t bother him as thi...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Coming from a portion of society that likes to exclude others from it, and separate itself from othe...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Deanna’s prime business was mining Lantillium, which was used to line blaster emitter barrels and ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Some might claim that like the secret of flying is missing the ground, the secret to immortality is ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The patriarchy longs for the days 'when men were men' and women were oppressed, subservient - and th...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Money is not respect. Neither is power. And if people respect you for your money or your power, it i...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
I believe most people are good, even deep down, even if you have to dig a little - although some peo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Different people think of different versions of 'God' - a loving father or a fearful punishing ghoul...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
If I want religion, I know where to look for it - and if for example I don't want it, then why shoul...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Looks like they went crazy and started cacking each other.’ Lisa said to me as we walked through t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Large Squares, 1965 -Last Beetle
The body is much the same as the previous model, aside from in...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Right now though, there is little that concerns me more than the impending assault on the human righ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
You can pass any law you like to make 'criminals' of those you don't like and then justify it with w...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Interestingly enough, every time I corner a fanatic with scientific facts which they cannot argue or...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Voting for a political party with a cross stuck on it doesn't mean it reflects true Christianity (at...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Beetles were made from 1938, in pre-war Nazi controlled Germany. The few actual civilian cars that w...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The original KDF-wagen as it was called was basic and rudimentary, but essentially the same as the l...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Ironically people will thank a deity for "letting" them win a race, but blame a "witch" if they stum...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
As a human rights activist it is concerning to me that those committing atrocities against vulnerabl...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
When religion ceases to be speculative and becomes factual and "true", it will become science. Scien...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Marsh’k cut the circuit on the rest of the helmsman’s whining and rose to his feet, stretching t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Doktor took a fly swatter and hit it hard. ‘Bang!’ it went. But it didn’t go splat! The ro...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
But some boys like boys more -
And some girls make other girls hearts soar!
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Denying the facts is what enables people to hate and to persecute marginalized and threatened minori...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The last week hadn’t been any better, come to think of it. On Monday they arrived at Gorda, just t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Aside from all that, she was carrying about a million tons of titanium ore to the heavy industries o...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Although a little noisy at first, in a bizarre twist of fate, electronic music became popular in Fra...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
• Scientific and medical studies, research or evidence is either distorted and misrepresented, or ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It is interesting how - depending on the person in power - our LGBT issues are either right at the t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
I can understand backward patriarchal reasoning coming from a male, but from a woman - and of all pe...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Exo went pale when he realized what we were dealing with. Well, what he thought we were dealing ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Cautiously, he moved further out, checking the roofs, doors, windows. Nothing. He walked out further...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Something clicked inside Ortez mind, like the bolt of a door latch being released. Man’s first enc...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
A tractor beam from the Imperial ship locked onto the shuttle and in seconds it became apparent they...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Imagine, if you will:
Meradinis!
The stuff myths are made of! The Turtle Island of the sta...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
In the Black Palace, in the capital city below, the man know as the Patron – Martel the Mighty, ru...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The Hammer was a hard man, a smart man too, and he took pride in always having a plan ‘b’. For t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization m...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
He looked at the viewscreen and couldn’t believe it. If the other ship were any closer, then it wo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Rise of Science Denialism

The problem is, in a world where some people (even in the USA, ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Oval Window, 1953 - 1957
In 1953 came the first major changes in Beetle styling. Rear view was ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Those who say 'it's just an animal' are really saying more about themselves than they realize.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Just saying "I love you" can mean the difference between nothing and everything. Some people say it ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
At forty two years, Sona Kilroy stood tall and strapping, a powerful figure. Rising to the rank of A...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Make sure you date someone who always makes you want to dance, with or without music.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It's amazing, the increase in grammatical errors in proportion to the level of hatred in the content...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Is there any good left in the world? and if there is, can you still find it in the places that matte...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
They set about making people so unhappy and isolated and when they crawl into a hole and pull it in ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Knowing who you are is more valuable than having ten 'friends' who don't even know who they are, but...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Regardless of what language it is said in, "I love you" stays beautiful, and two hearts beating toge...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
If you stick your head in the sand like an ostrich, pretending you don't exist - why get upset when ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Beauty... Is what you are after a lifetime of struggle in the face of hostility, surviving, and stan...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The coining of their new catch-phrase 'homophiliac' displayed in contrast to 'homophobic' was rather...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
What we see far too little of today is people who identify as Christians, standing up to the hate-mo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
What we see far too little of today is people who identify as Christians, standing up to the hate-mo...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Light-years away, another starship was also experiencing problems, though perhaps not as severe. The...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Going to the extreme of inviting and welcoming people into your church in order to hear you condemn ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
I note the lengths to which Christianist groups are prepared to go to, to influence government and t...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Lt. Denice Barnum at the helm gave a sigh, then replaced her nail file on the control panel, beside ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
While many people define being a man or a woman as being dependent on reproductive capacity, it is w...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Now I don’t know how many people like to drive a Beetle at that kind of speed (on purpose) but I k...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
My ship – the Demeter, was a star-liner operated by the Red Star Line. I say ‘was’ because of ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Some kids are black, or brown - some kids are red, and others white.
Kids come in all different...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can o...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Mister Jordan?” Came the genteel, restrained voice of a more senior gentleman in the front of the ...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Disagreeing with someone does not mean that they have to be enemies or opponents.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Peace with non-fundamentalists terrifies the fundamentalist because to them, being Christian doesn't...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
It is ironic that the only thing separating 'friend' from 'fiend' - is a single letter.
CHRISTINA ENGELA
Some children are threatened with loss of privileges such as money, cell phones, cars or even evicti...
CHRISTINA ENGELA
The hatred the 'Christian' right wing harbors for the SA Constitution is not htere because of an abs...
CHRISTINA ENGELA