#led

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#ignorance #impossible #knowledge #make #people

What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff. ↗

— Ray Liotta

#before #days #even #family #filled

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#behind #home #leave #military #nation

There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#divine #knowledge #mission #perennial #possessed

When I started out I was a failed actor. ↗

— David Mamet

#failed #i #out #started

I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#conductor #find #functions #i #led

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music. ↗

— John Lithgow

#carousel #darkest #experiences #exuberant #filled

If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. ↗

— Eric Liu

#barack #barack obama #call #carried #certainly

The Boomers have modeled a set of bad habits, and one grand gesture is not going to unwind all those bad habits. ↗

— Eric Liu

#bad habits #boomers #gesture #going #grand

True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough calls. We don't expect flawless interpretation. We expect good faith. We demand honesty. ↗

— Eric Liu

#calls #constitution #critical #critical role #demand