#cons

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. ↗

— Will Rogers

#anybody #anything #constitutional #constitutional amendment #did

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#consequence #country #democracy #distinct #general

I'd like to think that, at the end of the day, you can look at the things that I made as a young person and the things I'll continue to make as I get older and they'll be consistently interesting and soulful things, and if you like them they'll be a part of your dimension, as well. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#continue #day #dimension #end #end of the day

I don't have the ideal body type for BMX, but just with anything, you have your pros and your cons. And being small kind of allows me to maneuver through the other bigger riders and make passes they couldn't necessarily make. ↗

— Donny Robinson

#anything #being #bigger #body #cons

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#conscious #earth #given #highly #make

I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music. ↗

— Smokey Robinson

#because #being #considered #event #ever

The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. ↗

— Auguste Rodin

#artist #before #born #consumed #create

Winners live in the present tense. People who come up short are consumed with future or past. I want to be living in the now. ↗

— Alex Rodriguez

#consumed #future #i #live #living

I consider myself gay because at the end of the night, that's who I want to cuddle with. But when I go out, I go to straight clubs. ↗

— Jai Rodriguez

#clubs #consider #end #gay #go

A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#better #constantly #continue #goes #idea