#cian

Being a musician is a noble profession. ↗

— Paul Weller

#musician #noble #profession

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#dissension #dock #gamble #homicide #international

For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#doing #european #had #i #lobbying

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#military #politicians #start #wars

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. ↗

— Benjamin Whichcote

#esteem #politicians #principles #profitable #religion

Every day things get better because politicians are addressing the fiscal challenges more aggressively. ↗

— Meredith Whitney

#aggressively #because #better #challenges #day

I went through a phase when I was 13 where I would only fall in love with people over the age of 19 or 20. I never had a real relationship with any of these people, but it was definitely the guy I wanted to hang out with and wanted to go on trips with. I would be like, 'But, Daddy, he's a musician!'. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#any #daddy #definitely #fall #go

Once I took a bus from my home in Maryland to Philadelphia to live on the streets with some musicians for a few weeks, and then my parents sent me to boarding school at Andover to shape me up. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#boarding school #bus #few #home #i

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is. ↗

— Anthony A. Williams

#best #definitely #elected #i #i may not

One way and another I was having a ball - playing gigs, jamming and listening to fine musicians. Then came a crisis at home. My stepfather fell sick, and it meant I had to support the family. ↗

— Mary Lou Williams

#ball #came #crisis #family #fell