#tho

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things. ↗

— G. Gordon Liddy

#just #just one #keep #like #peculiar

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog? ↗

— Bernard Levin

#contemplate #dog #equipped #happened #only

One obvious palliative of the evils of democracy in its present form would be to encourage much more publicity and initiative on the part of civil servants. They ought to have the right, and, on occasion, the duty, to frame Bills in their own names, and set forth publicly the arguments in their favor. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#expression #freedom-of-expression #rationality #thought #freedom

I'm from the suburbs and where I'm from didn't necessarily have people like you see in 'Suburgatory,' but along those lines and I think people will laugh at themselves. And it's lighthearted. ↗

— Jane Levy

#i #i think #laugh #lighthearted #like

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#been #flourish #genius #growth #into

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#art #give #like #philosophy #rather

The trials on the road to world harmony are no greater than the courage of those who accept the challenge. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#accept #challenge #greater #harmony #road

One of the arguments that authoritarian governments use to ward off the call for greater political freedom is to argue that American-style democracy is no guarantee of good policy.... Over the years, I’ve grown used to these arguments, and my response has rarely wavered: Sure, we might make dumb choices sometimes, but we will defend, to the end, the right to make choices at all, because we believe that our collective conscience, freely expressed, will eventually lead us in the right direction. When it comes to guns, it is getting harder to muster that argument abroad. Every new shooting, every new failure of will and citizenship, slashes another hole in our credibility as a way of life. ↗

— Evan Osnos

#authoritarianism #credibility #democracy #government #gun-policy

Why do we have 47 million people without health care? Because America has become about 'me'. What's happened to 'we' as a people? I believe in that and that resonates to most people. ↗

— Carl Lewis

#america #because #become #believe #care

I chose Tennessee because I thought they'd give me an opportunity to play. ↗

— Jamal Lewis

#chose #give #give me #i #me