#owe

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. ↗

— Stendhal

#gun #however #ignore #impossible #like

A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust. ↗

— James Stephens

#never #rust #should #spade #sword

War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize "world peace" even when we get it. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#any #even #get #however #just

It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing. ↗

— Andy Stern

#conspiring #contracts #employers #enforceable #establishing

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#engages #groundwork #heart #lessons #most

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#been #christian #christian world #drawn #endeavoured

I've studied various schools of thought... I acknowledge that some Muslims consider music prohibited, but I've found a lot of evidence from the life of the Prophet to show that he allowed certainly, but even encouraged, music at certain times. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#allowed #certain #certainly #consider #encouraged

There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#feel #gust #hope #need #people

I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down. ↗

— Fisher Stevens

#i #kid #more #slowed #used

The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer. ↗

— Thaddeus Stevens

#conquered #depends #future #power #will