#lead

Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality. ↗

— Walter Legge

#arts #chaos #common #democracy #fatal

It's a very big mental game, all day leading up to warm-ups. You're not sure if your curveball will break, or will you be able to throw it over the plate? It's all negative thoughts going into the game. ↗

— Al Leiter

#all day #big #break #day #game

Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort. ↗

— Stanislaw Lem

#depends #escort #lead #where

A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#furthermore #impossible #leads #revolution #revolutionary

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. ↗

— John Lennon

#artist #express #feel #how #leader

New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move. ↗

— David Letterman

#cities #great #leads #make #move

Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it. ↗

— Sam Levenson

#into #just #lead #tell #temptation

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result. ↗

— Carl Levin

#any #ask #bill #collins #could

Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#religious #love

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#feeling #grit #i #into #leading