Francis Bacon Quotes
Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.
Francis Bacon
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Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.
Barney Frank
No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. Were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes.
Elie Wiesel
There are some characters in 'The Names' who are very much heroes and others who can only be called villains. But generally, as we get to know them, we see most of the characters are, or at least become, quite nuanced.
Peter Milligan
When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.
David Harvey
I'd been round the world a hundred times and had started to forget where I'd been. I knew I'd been there: it said it on the tour map. I could remember the name of the city but I couldn't remember what it was like - it was a massive blur.
Bryan Adams
When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings
We see no objects in our universe that could become wormholes as they age.
Kip Thorne
I've been accused of humanizing the Nazis, to which I can only say, you can't blame me for that. God did that. Go talk to him. It's a strange thing for an atheist to say.
W. D. Snodgrass
Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.
Martha Gellhorn
Don't let your excuses stand in the way of achieving your dreams
Joe Sacco
We must never exercise our rights either wickedly or thoughtlessly; we can continue to preserve them in but one possible way, by making the proper use of them.
Edmund Morris
Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or more congenial.
R. H. Tawney