#tho

I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#been #concerning #conditions #could #followed

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans. ↗

— George Carlin

#executions #fewer #good #know #part

I put together the influences of my life in as clear a way as I possibly can, in the same way that Beethoven or Schoenberg or Bach put their influences together. ↗

— John Zorn

#beethoven #clear #i #influences #life

A lot of people give in to those pressures and let others influence the process on their second albums because they want to achieve the success they had with their first again, but they don't know how to do it. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#again #albums #because #first #give

But my mom was a pianist, and she taught piano out of her house. I was just so excited, being a little kid and having all these other kids come to my house twice a week. I thought it was a big party. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#big #come #excited #having #her

But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#athlete #been #care #crazy #dancer

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#hard #hard work #how #less #much

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#insight #more #nothing #terrible #than

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#amount #avail #honor #slightest #without

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest. ↗