George Croly Quotes

All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example.

George Croly

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Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.

Patricia Schroeder
- Men
- Father
- You
The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.

Floyd Abrams
- Bad
- Respect
- Government
If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.

Larry Brilliant
- You
- Me
- Fire
There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.

Raney Aronson-Rath
- Work
- Team
- Always
Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.

Zadie Smith
- Work
- Human
- Brand
It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.

Ian Williams Battles
- Why
- Together
- Movie