#unsettled

Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#cannot #custom #insight #moralist #must

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#back #becomes #character #come #flight

My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#others #side #some #unsettled #wild

When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's an incorrect shower. It's profoundly uncomfortable. But it's what keeps me pushing. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#eating #i #incorrect #keeps #me

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#means #outside #piece #remain #step

The press gave me a voice too quickly, and that could have unsettled a man who had every right to feel he should be in control of the thing he had created. ↗

— Alison Moyet

#could #created #every #feel #gave

I live quite an unsettled life. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#life #live #quite #unsettled

For while the threat of nuclear holocaust has been significantly reduced, the world remains a very unsettled and dangerous place. ↗

— William S. Cohen

#dangerous #dangerous place #holocaust #nuclear #place

The culture of the chairmanship is to be the dominant voice in the Fed. If you have a weak chairman... the markets could be very unsettled. ↗

— David Jones

#could #culture #dominant #fed #markets

You do have a modicum of peace of mind here, but it's as unsettled as any other place. ↗

— Todd Rundgren

#here #mind #modicum #other #peace