#men

To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies. ↗

— Richard King

#basing #christianity #conspiracies #folklore #government

I'm not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become. ↗

— Stephen King

#become #big #big fan #bother #fan

What charitable 1 percenters can't do is assume responsibility - America's national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts. ↗

— Stephen King

#assume #care #charitable #debts #education

We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. ↗

— Stephen King

#any #basic #basic elements #change #choose

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#bad #bad government #becomes #government #later

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#control #credit #currency #democracy #futile

Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#according #assure #best #capacity #each

Entertainment and art are not isolated. ↗

— Martin Kippenberger

#entertainment #isolated

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. ↗

— Charles Kingsley

#almost #every #except #gift #possess

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#anything #bluntly #commentary #going #i