I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
#quotes #tim-blake-nelson #anti-semitism

Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
#quotes #camille-paglia #james-wolcott

Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest, I will say the greatest. ~William Friedkin
#quotes #william-friedkin #edgar-allan-poe #writing #stories

May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #prayer

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
#quotes #abba-eban #minorities #jewish

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
#quotes #francis-bacon #truth

Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
#quotes #francois-de-la-rochefoucauld #judging #fashion #money #success

Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
#quotes #bikram-choudhury #human #body

Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
#quotes #john-clellon-holmes #soul

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
#quotes #kirk-hammett #music #competition

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #love #time

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
#quotes #samuel-p-huntington #united-states #black

It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
#quotes #miley-cyrus #music

The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
#quotes #robert-quillen #ignorance

The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
#quotes #charles-atlas #self

There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
#quotes #julie-andrews #action #distraction

There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
#quotes #isaac-asimov #the-bicentennial-man #freedom #mind

I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
#quotes #mike-pence

I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
#quotes #emily-bronte #morality #hardship

Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
#quotes #elisha-gray #nature #law

When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
#quotes #jean-bertrand-aristide #human #caring #repression

For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
#quotes #hannah-arendt #change #choices

If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
#quotes #abdallah-ii-of-jordan #democracy

Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
#quotes #ty-cobb