Louis Sullivan Quotes

How strange it seems that education, in practice, so often means suppression: that instead of leading the mind outward to the light of day it crowds things in upon it that darken and weary it. Yet evidently the true object of education, now as ever, is to develop the capabilities of the head and of the heart.

Louis Sullivan

• Mind
• Heart
• True
• Education
• Light
• Practice

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• I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Life
  • Music
  • Heart

• This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • Time
  • True
  • Want

• The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Heart
  • Free
  • Sword

• In the streets, they're very nice. On Twitter, there are people who love to hate me. Sometimes people get mean. I tend to answer like, 'Careful now, know who you're dealing with...' They're like, 'I'm sorry! Don't send the Lord of Light after me!' It's fun to play with that.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • People
  • Hate
  • Know

• If you knew you could change your lifestyle and diet and avoid heart disease and other things, you should do it.

  

  Laila Ali
  • Heart
  • Change
  • Diet

• It takes heart to be in political life.

  

  Pat Nixon
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Political

• The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.

  

  Earl Weaver
  • Life
  • Good
  • Heart

• I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • True
  • Mother
  • Future

• Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • Music
  • Money
  • True

• My 80-year-old mother will not buy her heart medicine because it cost more than she can pay with social security. She is America.

  

  Jack Bowman
  • Heart
  • She
  • America

• My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Music
  • Light
  • Day

• The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • God
  • War
  • True

• Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

  

  G. M. Trevelyan
  • Education
  • Reading
  • Worth

• Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.

  

  Saint Bernard
  • Love
  • Truth
  • Joy

• I think the over-militarization of local police forces is also true of the over-militarization of the federal government, so I don't really run and hide from the comment that I think there are 48 federal agencies that have SWAT teams.

  

  Rand Paul
  • True
  • Think
  • Government

• When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Never
  • Practice
  • Old

• It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.

  

  Saint Ignatius
  • God
  • Mind
  • Soul

• Obviously, a lot of things play on your mind when you're batting. This might happen and this might not. The best thing you can do when you're batting is not to think too much, and wait for the next ball.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
  • Mind
  • Think
  • Best

• The decision I've made has come from my heart. That's me, to follow my heart.

  

  Craig Stevens
  • Heart
  • Decision

• Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Heart
  • Quiet
  • U.S.

• I need a bath." He chuckled. "You smell of smoke, as do I." The duke turned, leaning heavily on his cane. "Jameson, open the carriage door. We shall return to the house." Beth smiled up at Christian. "Shall we adjourn to the house to get some ointment for your hands and a bath, my love?" His eyes lit. "A bath?" Grandfather snorted. "Someone send to London for a special license! Now.

  

  Karen Hawkins
  • Christian
  • Special
  • London

• I started out, coming out of college, I had my Realtor's license, and I did real estate full time for a number of years.

  

  Bill Huizenga
  • Time
  • Real
  • College

• 'Glee' has made me feel beautiful.

  

  Lea Michele
  • Beautiful

• How strange it seems that education, in practice, so often means suppression: that instead of leading the mind outward to the light of day it crowds things in upon it that darken and weary it. Yet evidently the true object of education, now as ever, is to develop the capabilities of the head and of the heart.

  

  Louis Sullivan
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • True