#ed

You need not aspire for or get any new state. Get rid of your present thoughts, that is all. ↗

— Ramana Maharshi

#aspire #get #need #new #present

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable. ↗

— Bill Maher

#blindly #bragging #cleaner #derelict #duty

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that. ↗

— Bill Maher

#country #far #friend #friends #goes

Whenever the people are for gay marriage or medical marijuana or assisted suicide, suddenly the "will of the people" goes out the window. ↗

— Bill Maher

#gay #gay marriage #goes #marriage #medical

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities. ↗

— Bill Maher

#bill of rights #need #responsibilities #rights

The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs. ↗

— Bill Maher

#game #like #looks #mad #out

I never thought I'd say this, what Obama needs in his personality is a little George Bush. ↗

— Bill Maher

#george #george bush #his #i #little

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#been #effect #had #into #languages

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#doomed #down #not perfect #perfect #perish

I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#brother #composer #died #far #gifted