Ray Stannard Baker Quotes
A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
Quotes to Explore
-
I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
-
The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
-
Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
-
Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again.
-
Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
-
I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
-
I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.
-
What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to.
-
While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.
-
A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
-
A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol.
-
A utopian future for the Internet could be secured if the heavy-duty influencers - and the grassroots influencers tweeting along - can create a new global organization peopled with defenders of Internet freedom.
-
My father is my inspiration.
-
I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
-
We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
-
When you're in N.Y.C. and they shut down one of the bridges, this is a movie!
-
It's that I wasn't suited to do the kind of comedy that these people were coming to hear - mainstream comedy.
-
No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard.
-
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
-
The relationship between government and art must necessarily be a delicate one. It would not be appropriate for the government to try to define what is good or what is true or what is beautiful. But government can provide nourishment to the ground within which these ideas spring forth from the seeds of inspiration within the human mind.
-
I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
-
It is within the sanctuary of the Church that we protect our faith. Meeting together with others who believe, we pray and find answers to our prayers; we worship through music, share testimony of the Savior, serve one another, and feel the Spirit of the Lord. We partake of the sacrament, receive the blessings of the priesthood, and attend the temple. . . When you are faced with a test of faith, stay within the safety and security of the household of God. There is always a place for you here. No trial is so large we can't overcome it together.
-
A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.
