#rest

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek. ↗

— Jones Very

#bequeathed #converse #even #feel #greatness

A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#armed #beyond #direct #human-rights #interests

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#different #diplomacy #open #part #self-interest

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#hope #i #interesting #lot #memoirs

Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he says. ↗

— George Clooney

#captains #cast #directors #doing #job

Those who actually hate animals to the point of being cruel to them are outcasts to the rest of us, no matter where in the world they live. ↗

— Nick Clooney

#being #cruel #hate #live #matter

Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe. ↗

— Claud Cockburn

#cash #effectiveness #never #never underestimate #straight

People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people you want to disappoint. ↗

— Joel Coen

#been #disappoint #interested #last #our

The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment. ↗

— William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

#environment #human #human life #ignorance #life

It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly. ↗

— William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

#bad #being #conceive #exercise #freely