#lit

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#like #little #manure #money #spread

Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship. ↗

— Spencer Bachus

#accepting #avenue #citizenship #historically #immigration

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#atheism #depth #little #man #men

Sometimes we think of a creature like a person in a suit, but then you have limitations of two eyes and two legs - they have to see and breathe. I got more into puppetry because it offered more possibilities. ↗

— Rick Baker

#breathe #creature #eyes #got #i

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #religion #spirituality #religion

Just because I liked something at one point in time doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, based solely on who I was as a person. To be loyal to myself is to allow myself to grow and change, and challenge who I am and what I think. The only thing I am for sure is unsure, and this means I’m growing, and not stagnant or shrinking. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#define #definition #growth #inspiration #inspirational

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature. ↗

— Russell Banks

#artistic #become #began #boy #drifted

The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#customs #discerned #faculties #fortunate #fortune

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#religion #science #change

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#celebrity #how #i #i do #much