#every

Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of authority, then we would be more open to slavery, to the subjugation of women, to wider use of stoning. Jesus himself spoke out frequently against divorce in the strongest of terms. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#authority #divorce #every #frequently #fundamentalists

The perennial conviction that those who work hard and play by the rules will be rewarded with a more comfortable present and a stronger future for their children faces assault from just about every direction. That great enemy of democratic capitalism, economic inequality, is real and growing. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#assault #capitalism #children #comfortable #conviction

Like Venice, Italy, New Orleans is a cultural treasure. And everyone who lived in the city should be allowed to come back. But that doesn't mean that they all should live in exactly the same spot that they lived before. ↗

— Ed McMahon

#back #before #city #come #cultural

Do everything yourself. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#yourself

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#first #life #opera #rule #see

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything. ↗

— Lord Melbourne

#cocksure #everything #i #i wish #macaulay

Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God. ↗

— Felix Mendelssohn

#away #blessed #carries #country #earth

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#glass #had #slaughterhouses #vegetarian #walls

Cooking for six people every day is like having a cafe. ↗

— Linda McCartney

#cooking #day #every #every day #having

I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance. ↗

— Rue McClanahan

#been #before #every #get #going