#of

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. ↗

— Mark Twain

#country #either #freedom #freedom of speech #god

I've sung my whole life. I've taken lots of voice lessons and I love to sing. But I've never really sung professionally at all. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#i love #lessons #life #lots #love

The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#band #bored #decided #i #last

The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors. ↗

— Tristan Tzara

#future #guidance #human #imbecility #literature

In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#cold #constantly #coolness #could #difficult

Many French directors, having now realised there was no more real criticism, that the standards of the past have gone, are very offended about the quality of film criticism. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#criticism #directors #film #film criticism #french

I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#could #feel #great #great idea #i

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#good #good way #having #offer #people

The left and right are not religious categories. They're often not even value categories. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#even #left #often #religious #right

I awake, I meditate, get the kids off to school, go to the gym, go to the Favored Nations office, and usually at around 1 pm I'm home and do music the rest of the day. ↗

— Steve Vai

#awake #day #favored #get #go