#pa

As for the Pope, I am too old to be frightened by his shadow, and am quite sure his shadow or Substance will do less harm to the liberties of my country than will a party, who seek to acquire political power by exciting religious bigotry in the minds of their duped followers. ↗

— Ezra Cornell

#am #country #duped #exciting #followers

I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#any #cheerleader #drama #get #i

So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#audience #best-seller #books #brazil #british

Morality in the general is well enough known by men, but the particular refinements of virtue are unknown by most persons; thus the majority of parents, without knowing it and without intending it, give very bad examples to their children. ↗

— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

#example #morality #parenting #young #education

So it takes years to make a solid company. ↗

— Ninette de Valois

#make #solid #takes #years

The human capacity to be curious has always existed. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#capacity #curious #existed #human #human capacity

I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular. ↗

— Caroline Corr

#happening #i #listened #lot #particular

But last year there were 540,000 people, roughly, detained coming across the border illegally. Forty-five thousand of them came from countries other than Mexico, demonstrating the fact that Mexico itself now is a pathway into the United States for people all around the world, and we don't know what their intentions are. ↗

— John Cornyn

#around #border #came #coming #countries

Why is it that half of the households in America pay zero income tax? We need some real tax reform. ↗

— John Cornyn

#half #households #income #income tax #need

Our parents were musicians. ↗

— Caroline Corr

#our #parents #were