#mises

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#get #good #i #kinds #knew

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#citizen #compromises #everybody #family #his

I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#between #candidate #clips #death #gap

How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal? ↗

— Rene Cassin

#camps #could #extermination #form #given

My case is urgent, and I do not see how I am to be delivered; but this is no business of mine. He who makes the promise will find ways and means of keeping it. It is mine to obey His commands; it is not mine to direct His counsels. ↗

— C.H. Spurgeon

#god #obedience #promises #business

What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#fools #glitter #gold #promises #death

Not fair! Okay, what's the record? How many times? If you can count them, he didn't drop you out. Nadine groaned, shuddered, grinned. 'Bitch. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

Hey, pretty damn smart aren't you? You made it just ugly enough. inconspicuous. Nobody looks twice." "I have to admit, that was a hard one for me. I think one of the designers had a breakdown. Cried for an hour ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

Promise me you'll never stop dreaming. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#hoping #promises-in-death #wishing #death

He understood privacy and freedom of expression were paramount to liberty, as incompatible as they may appear. One promoted yelling and screaming, while the other encouraged people to retreat and pull within. Yet, cornerstones to American democracy, people needed them both for the lives they took for granted. ↗

— Shelter Somerset

#expression #freedom #liberty #shelter-somerset #freedom