#tis

I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#assures #bit #father #funny #i

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. ↗

— Willa Cather

#believe #difficult #easy #great #how

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. ↗

— Willa Cather

#artist #best #character #creative #deepest

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. ↗

— Edith Cavell

#anyone #bitterness #enough #hatred #i

Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing. ↗

— Dick Cavett

#dentistry #doing #finances #handling #knows

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

#although #courage #decades #fought #inspires

The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of democracies where liberty and religious freedom are supposed to be respected. ↗

— Mike Ferguson

#anti-semitism #character #conscious #democracies #everyone

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#difficult #important #know #personal #personal satisfaction

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#artist #color #life #love #meaning

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#also #artist #awake #continual #dignity