#metal

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. ↗

— John Locke

#balance #beams #downwards #every #excellent

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#man #metal #mind #native #presence

At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#america #candidate #country #declare #deserves

The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air. ↗

— Kenneth Miller

#air #communicate #means #metal #piano

What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers. ↗

— Lars Ulrich

#anybody #james #listen #look #me

I was a fan of heavy music - first metal, then punk, then hip hop. ↗

— Tom Morello

#first #heavy #heavy music #hip #hip hop

In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#alone #any #assistants #case #creates

Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

#like #metallica #sound

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

#british #came #guitar #heavy #heavy metal

I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

#i #let go #like #metallica #way