#sai

A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#books #ideas #sailing #ships #guns

I'm always right, always wrong. Dressing bad's like loving you there is nothing i haven't worn. Nothing, I haven’t said before. You are nothing I haven’t felt before. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#loving-you #not-with-you #said-before #sara-quin #tegan-and-sara

I am Sailor Moon, champion of justice! On behalf of the moon, I will right wrongs and triumph over evil, and that means you! - sailor moon ↗

— Naoko Takeuchi

#justice

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. ↗

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

#deeds #graves #left #over #shed

...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father. ↗

— Martha N. Beck

#controversial #faith #leaving #leaving-the-saints #mormonism

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#saints #sin #sinners #sin

Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present. ↗

— Edward W. Said

#edward-said #strategy

Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest'! ↗

— Anastacia

#best #describe #i #loud #louder

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#comfortable #go #go to hell #hell #more

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#books #cliche #come #different #diverse