H. L. Mencken Quotes
I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave.
Quotes to Explore
-
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
-
I never pursued being 'famous.'
-
I've always been in love with the States. When I was a kid, we would take these long summer holidays in Texas, Nashville, and all over. I fell in love with the people, the food, even the smell. You don't necessarily get that in old Europe.
-
At my core, I know that the American Dream is about the opportunity to work hard to make your future.
-
Berlin is in a state of transition. There are lots of people who don't stay here. They pass through. They might not 'clean up,' but they mature. It is a city where people spend a significant time in their lives, and then they move on.
-
You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
-
People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
-
If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
-
I just use intuition - would I wear that? Would it feel okay? It's pretty simple, nothing too complicated.
-
Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
-
Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
-
Before 'Gremlins,' I was a normal person, then within two weeks of the movie coming out, I couldn't walk into a store without people turning around and staring. It's exciting and also scary because everyone starts telling you how amazing you are.
-
Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
-
Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
-
I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
-
All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.
-
I played ping-pong with Prince. That's pretty surreal. He gave me a lesson before we played; like, he's great. He's a master at it, so I took the free lesson.
-
You lose the speed before the stamina.
-
Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that.
-
I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
-
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
-
I went to grad school with the grand plan of getting my Ph.D. and writing weighty, Tudor-Stuart-set historical fiction - from which I emerged with a law degree and a series of light-hearted historical romances about flower-named spies during the Napoleonic wars.
-
Never tire to study. And to teach to others.
-
I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave.
