#sm

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#brave #business #conduct #conscience #death

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off. ↗

— Chris Patten

#fascism #get #green #growth #less

Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#because #deep #explore #feelings #get

Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#achieving #businessmen #competition #efficient #free

I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. In a moment it will be behind me. ↗

— Max Reger

#before #behind #house #i #i am

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart. ↗

— Jules Renard

#come #down #heart #must #reach

I was the only westerner to succeed in a place that's like a toilet, and you always come out of a toilet with a smell. ↗

— David Reuben

#come #i #like #only #out

People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#beyond #cynicism #deep #into #moved

I haven't any right to criticize books, and I don't do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can't conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read Pride and Prejudice I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone. ↗

— Mark Twain

#criticism #jerk #reading #writing #want

I'm not that smooth. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#smooth