#tho

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#dream #either #excellence #happiness #into

Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#ago #been #being #civilization #difficulties

Often extinctions in the ocean occur at the same time as those on land. Then again, the ice age extinctions lost many big animals, but not many sea faring ones. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#age #big #faring #ice #ice age

My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors. ↗

— James Woods

#across #any #attitude #bleeding #death

God helps those who fear Him. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#god #helps #him #those #who

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#authority #been #best #given #help

Disney had such a hold on the mind of America-they were Adolf Hitler. The whole country thought Disney was some sort of god and that animation was some sort of pure thing for children. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#animation #children #country #disney #god

I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#had #how #i #jackson #know

When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go! ↗

— Jeremy Spencer

#approaches #around #asks #blue #force

Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#boots #defer #does #follow #i