#sence

While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward. ↗

— Al Gore

#contributors #courage #coward #financial #his

I paint to rest from the phenomena of the external world-to pronounce and to make notations of its essences with which to verify the inner eye. ↗

— Morris Graves

#external #external world #eye #i #inner

Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#clothing #clown #compromised #could #different

Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion. ↗

— Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

#belief #illusion #illusions #itself

Grace is the absence of everything that indicates pain or difficulty, hesitation or incongruity. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#difficulty #everything #grace #hesitation #incongruity

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#almost #christianity #essence #every #perversion

Generally in my films like 'Hearts of Darkness' or 'Picture This,' I try not to make myself a presence in the film. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#film #films #generally #hearts #i

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#eternity #mountains #presence #transient

Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn't know what he was going to do. ↗

— Neil Innes

#going #had #ignore #just #kind

Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

#based #conscience #extremely #finally #important