#posse

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. ↗

— James Thurber

#artists #become #depth #humor #longer

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#also #defects #demand #enterprises #excel

To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. ↗

— Peter Tosh

#found #guilty #possession #sentenced #truth

Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you. ↗

— Herbert Beerbohm Tree

#always #does #evidence #humor #humorous

History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals. We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess. ↗

— Steve Vai

#believed #bring #cultivated #deals #difficult

G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#grace #indeed #knowledge #possess #reason

The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it could not with its own citizens ever have taken possession. ↗

— William H. Wharton

#could #ever #government #granted #had

Possessed with a full confidence of the certain success which British valor must gain over such enemies, I have led you up these steep and dangerous rocks, only solicitous to show you the foe within your reach. ↗

— James Wolfe

#certain #confidence #dangerous #foe #full

I sold my most valuable possession, but I knew that because I worked at Hewlett Packard, I could buy the next model calculator the very next month for a lower price than I sold the older one for! ↗

— Steve Wozniak

#buy #calculator #could #i #knew

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you. ↗

— Francis Wright

#faith #know #possess #reason #understand