#age

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#blessing #even #every #evil #government

That God cannot lie, is no advantage to your argument, because it is no proof that priests can not, or that the Bible does not. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#argument #because #bible #cannot #does

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#efforts #encourage #endeavor #others #own

I really love idiot, enlightened characters - these characters who fail to engage with the drama of their immediate circumstances; they fail to be reactive and enrolled by drama as it happens around them. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#characters #circumstances #drama #engage #enlightened

The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#coverage #difference #martyrdom #only #press

Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#anything #best #bullies #completely #devil

I think, in a way, I invented the term 'fight club' and that these things have always existed, but they never really had a label. Nobody had a language to apply to them. I created that language in two words and I've been paid a great deal of money for inventing two words and labeling something that has always been around. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#apply #around #been #club #created

Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not. ↗

— Bennie Thompson

#coverage #equal #guaranteed #medicare #private

I think at this stage in my life I have learned that there are any number of things that men will never know, and can never hope to know, about women. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#any #hope #i #i have learned #i think

Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#editorial #force #get #great #ideology