#lit

The only thing I was trying to portray was serenity. Also, innocence, vulnerability and elegance. ↗

— Sylvia Kristel

#elegance #i #innocence #only #portray

Just a little help, a small security force, a bit of food, can save lives. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#food #force #help #just #little

As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary. ↗

— Sylvia Kristel

#being #director #editor #film #other

Possibly he knew, as he wrote this, that he was mad - because inside every madman sits a little sane man saying 'You're mad, you're mad.' ↗

— Graham Swift

#every #inside #knew #little #mad

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#corruptions #nothing #politics #understood #word

There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#congressmen #doing #get #need #nothing

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#because #convince #convinced #good #good quality

Our Blessed Lord left the world without leaving any written message. His doctrine was Himself. Ideal and History were identified in Him. The truth that all other ethical teachers proclaimed, and the light that they gave to the world, was not IN them, but OUTSIDE them. Our Divine Lord, however, identified Divine Wisdom with Himself. It was the first time in history that it was ever done, and it has never been done since. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#jesus #morality #religion #life

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. ↗

— Ray Kroc

#leader #quality #reflected #set #standards

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility. ↗

— Jonathan Krohn

#book #categories #conservatism #constitution #define