#elle

These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

#buried #ceremonies #civil #down #forms

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#acquaintances #cannot #careful #characters #choice

Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#smelled #specific

It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat. ↗

— Richard Hofstadter

#either #founded #history #intellectual #intellectuals

Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller. ↗

— Brad Holland

#cubism #important #john #most #movement

Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's speech on Tuesday night that the terrorist organizations that operate in that area are now on the list. ↗

— Brit Hume

#been #course #done #excellent #geraldo

The eyes of a poet discover in each person a unique and irreplaceable humanity. While arrogant intellect seeks to control and manipulate the world, the poetic spirit bows with reverence before its mysteries. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#before #bows #control #discover #each

People are very interested in politics, they just don't like it labelled politics. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#just #labelled #like #people #politics

An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful. ↗

— Ada Louise Huxtable

#dubious #excellent #great #job #like

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor. ↗

— Michael Ironside

#director #i #storyteller