#eva

Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#any #because #common #error #kind

People will say that it's some kind of evasion, but I would never want to have a kid for me. I'd want to have the child for the child's sake, if that makes sense. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#evasion #i #kid #kind #makes

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. ↗

— Edward Norton

#contemporary #devices #dramatic #feel #i

The evangelical movement has become just a bit victimized by a success-oriented culture, wanting the church - like the corporation - to be successful. ↗

— Henri Nouwen

#bit #church #corporation #culture #evangelical

I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and I'm sure he was working on the lyrics right up to the show because they were really relevant for the situation. ↗

— Krist Novoselic

#because #colorado #francisco #i #jamming

It's been a grand, elevating, life-confirming experience these last two years. ↗

— Diana Nyad

#elevating #experience #grand #last #these

The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#any #clause #community #establishment #government

There is nothing that says unions have a God-given right to be there. We have to work at it and make ourselves relevant to every section of the workforce. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#god-given #god-given right #make #nothing #ourselves

I woke up one morning to find I was famous. I bought a white Rolls-Royce and drove down Sunset Boulevard, wearing dark specs and a white suit, waving like the Queen Mum. ↗

— Peter O'Toole

#boulevard #dark #down #drove #famous

If love means that one person absorbs the other, then no real relationship exists any more. Love evaporates; there is nothing left to love. The integrity of self is gone. ↗

— Ann Oakley

#evaporates #exists #gone #integrity #left