#crumble

When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults. ↗

— Daniel Bell

#break #break up #crumbles #cults #direct

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble. ↗

— Anthony Sampson

#egyptian #inside #liable #like #monarchy

You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles. ↗

— Jack Scalia

#crumbles #foundation #gotta #part #people

Theories crumble, but good observations never fade. ↗

— Harlow Shapley

#fade #good #never #observations #theories

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say In spite of all! has the calling for politics. ↗

— Max Weber

#calling #crumble #face #his #offer

My thoughts are free to roam back to the way she leaned her head on my arm for a split second, as if wishing she could let herself go, let herself lean farther. But she didn't, and I can’t help but respect her for that, even I know her strength is false, propped up by the shaky girders of Old Man Jack. One day soon, those girders will collapse, and her world will crumble, and I know I have to be there when that happens. ↗

— Jasinda Wilder

#colton #crumble #falling #falling-into-you #free

If you build that foundation, both the moral and the ethical foundation, as well as the business foundation, and the experience foundation, then the building won't crumble. ↗

— Henry Kravis

#build #building #business #crumble #ethical

Humanity is the keystone that holds nations and men together. When that collapses, the whole structure crumbles. This is as true of baseball teams as any other pursuit in life. ↗

— Connie Mack

#baseball #collapses #crumbles #holds #humanity

I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble. ↗

— Rudolf Nureyev

#crumble #dance #i #more #often

I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men? ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#came #career #concerned #crumble #did