#sin

I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#being #children #conscious #conscious decision #decision

I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used to being behind a guitar, and you don't really perform because you can't. I wanted to be able to just hold on to the mike and sing. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#because #behind #being #big #down

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#human #intentions #much #seems #sin

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#establish #justice #politics #sad #sinful

Accept business only at a price permitting thoroughness. Then do a thorough job, regardless of cost to us. ↗

— Arthur C. Nielsen

#business #cost #job #only #permitting

If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular. ↗

— Connie Nielsen

#asked #certainly #concept #different #different things

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on the music artistry. ↗

— Leon Theremin

#artistry #conceived #conductor #create #effect

It's not really that I've been an advocate for hearing aids for a long time, it's just that I've been losing my hearing for a long time! So it's actually very important for me because I'm actually hearing impaired and I simply want to hear better! ↗

— Leslie Nielsen

#advocate #aids #because #been #better

When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#could #day #draw #drawn #every

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#friend #guessing #keeping #master #must