John Lancaster Spalding Quotes
The mind perceives … that it is higher than institutions, which are but the woof and web of its thought and will, which it weaves and outgrows, and weaves again.
John Lancaster Spalding
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
C. S. Lewis
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
Xavier Becerra
We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.
Rafik Hariri
Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
Rachel Platten
As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
Gaby Hoffmann
Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era that no longer exists. I'm not nostalgic. I think music today is much more important, because something can be done about it.
Ian MacKaye
You give a press conference, and they'll pick one word, they'll pick two words. The media is still out to write what they want to write.
Matt Harvey
'Billy on the Street' is the hardest thing that I will ever do.
Billy Eichner
Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.
Matthew Lesko
To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
William Cowper
If it's a cliche to say that intellectual curiosity keeps your mind sharp, your senses alert, and your capabilities cutting-edge, that's because it's true.
Adena Friedman
The mind perceives … that it is higher than institutions, which are but the woof and web of its thought and will, which it weaves and outgrows, and weaves again.
John Lancaster Spalding