#v

Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#face #gaze #look #mirror #pins

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country. ↗

— John Acton

#being #constitution #country #democracy #democratic

The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by 500 readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the 500, he reaches the five hundred thousand. ↗

— Brooks Adams

#difference #five #hundred #influence #reaches

You aren't going to leave me alone are you? ↗

— Edie Adams

#going #leave #leave me alone #me #you

God was something I did not understand the way kids who went to church did. They said God was a man in the sky with white hair and a beard like Santa. This seemed strange to me. When I thought of God, I imagined only mist over the pond, a sliver of moon in a dark sky, scatterings of stars, birdsong. ↗

— Melissa Coleman

#mystical #spiritual #spirituality #universe #dreams

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. ↗

— Joey Adams

#fool #kiss #never #you

Where annual elections end where slavery begins. ↗

— John Quincy Adams

#begins #elections #end #slavery #where

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have. ↗

— Robert Adams

#evocative #most #observed #probably #television

I have a proven record as an effective legislator, which I believe is my greatest asset. ↗

— Sandy Adams

#believe #effective #greatest #greatest asset #i

It's just that if you're not disruptive everything seems to be repeated endlessly - not so much the good things but the bland things - the ordinary things - the weaker things get repeated- the stronger things get suppressed and held down and hidden. ↗

— Robert Adamson

#disruptive #down #endlessly #everything #get