#sm

An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters. ↗

— Fletcher Wortmann

#religion #religion

Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor. ↗

— James Thurber

#humour #james-thurber #religion #religion

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#character #everyone #i #learn #only

Truly charismatic people, in my experience, don't come along very often. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#charismatic #come #experience #often #people

I have thus given you a full statement of all that I know respecting the origin of Mormonism. ↗

— Charles Anthon

#given #i #know #mormonism #origin

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#enthusiasm #everything #ideas #perseverance #real

How would that premise stand up if he examined it? That was probably why the Communists were always cracking down on Bohemiansism. When you were drunk or when you committed adultery you recognised your own personal fallability of that so mutable substitute for the apostles' creed, the party line. Down with Bohemianism, the sin of Majakowski. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#communism #drink #morals #religion #religion

When you walk into a room, a healthy, beautiful smile is incredibly important. ↗

— Susan Anton

#healthy #important #incredibly #into #room

I live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home. ↗

— Sergio Aragones

#down #home #i #live #now

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. ↗

— Aristotle

#liberalism #most #varieties #virtues