#ld

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#appalling #existence #glowing #hold #opinion

If one man in the country could take all the money, what was the use of passing any bills about it? ↗

— Davy Crockett

#any #bills #could #country #man

The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#american flag #flag #hold #represents #sacred

A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#constitution #corollary #federal #highest #land

Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#definitely #favorite #feelings #hurt #like

I think one of the nicest things that we created as a generation was just the fact that we could say, 'Hey, I don't like white people.' ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#created #fact #generation #hey #i

I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment. ↗

— Hume Cronyn

#difficult #find #how #i #just

You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#how #invent #must #old #old ones

That was a surprise. I just had wished that Wil Wheaton was there. He was missing from the last show and it would have been nice if everyone could have been there. ↗

— Denise Crosby

#could #everyone #had #i #just

I'm comfortable being old... being black... being Jewish. ↗

— Billy Crystal

#black #comfortable #i #jewish #old