#simply

The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#because #change #conservative #crimes #culture

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it? ↗

— John Ruskin

#ask #believe #carver #done #enjoyment

In turn, more physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers are severely limiting their practices, moving to other states, or simply not providing care. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#health #health care #hospitals #limiting #more

One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for public use such as parks and roads. Unfortunately, this decision creates a loophole for government to manipulate the definition of public use simply to generate greater tax revenue. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#become #creates #decision #definition #domain

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#goal #keep #living #making #making a living

The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#consequence #crimes #her #means #most

American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President. ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#american people #being #being lied to #countenance #lied

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#been #composing #done #god #had

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

#face #how #impossible #know #most

What appears to be the end of the road may simply be a bend in the road. ↗