#imp

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. ↗

— Edward Bernays

#democratic #democratic society #element #habits #important

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it. ↗

— Georges Bernanos

#destroy #divine #does #faith #imposed

Although I have to admit I have despised a couple of people simply because they have never had a job in their lives. ↗

— Jeffrey Bernard

#although #because #couple #despised #had

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending. ↗

— Anne Bradstreet

#getting #improving #middle #middle age #old

I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought to have made much more than I did by this really important invention. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#capacity #certainly #days #did #does

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#factor #faith #first #impossible #life

I was close to John simply because I liked him as a person. He liked me as a person. We spent a lot of times at one another's houses back in Liverpool. We spent a lot of time together in Germany. ↗

— Pete Best

#back #because #close #germany #him

Punk was originally about creating new, important, energetic music that would hopefully threaten the status quo and the stupidity of the 1970s. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#creating #energetic #hopefully #important #music

The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#aggressive #important #investigative #mob #powerful

I never think, Oh, I'm so beautiful. To me, feeling happy is more important. ↗

— Leslie Bibb

#feeling #happy #i #important #me