#survive

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#because #bring #church #democracy #enough

What makes literature interesting is that it does not survive its translation. The characters in a novel are made out of the sentences. That's what their substance is. ↗

— Jonathan Miller

#does #interesting #literature #made #makes

So I think democracy, in the long-term, in our countries will survive if it comes to be associated with leadership, will not survive if democracy plus media brings to us more and more followship rather than leadership. ↗

— Mario Monti

#brings #comes #countries #democracy #i

I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#i #i think #running #running away #some

Our problems started in Dallas, when the fire-breathing sheep destroyed the King Tut exhibit. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#destruction #earthquakes #floods #funny #funny-and-random

From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#conscious #deliberate #humanity #now #only

As a soldier, I survived World War I when most of my comrades did not. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#did #i #most #soldier #survived

That's the goal, to survive your gift. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#goal #survive #to survive #your

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#disposable #fine #growing #growing up #i

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#any #civilization #men #morality #reject