#owed

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#fallen #hero #heroic #heroism #impossible

We shelter children for a time; we live side by side with men; and that is all. We owe them nothing, and are owed nothing. I think we owe our friends more, especially our female friends. ↗

— Fay Weldon

#especially #female #friends #i #i think

Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that's being made all over the world. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#being #blur #hear #made #me

As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating. ↗

— Emily Watson

#camera #followed #formal #having #liberating

Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit. ↗

— Roland Allen

#christ #commission #did #embracing #followed

In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer. ↗

— John Amery

#allowed #been #brought #constitution #corpus

I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive. ↗

— Tori Amos

#classic #drive #green #husband #i

Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed the great majority of both the positive and negative particles to possess unit electric charge. ↗

— Carl D. Anderson

#both #charge #counting #electric #great

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#cannot #content #fitting #fitting in #ideas

If Bush said just once: 'Boy. I hope you accept my apology as a country,' or showed some humanity. ↗

— Burt Bacharach

#apology #boy #bush #country #hope