#v

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#conviction #his #leap #like #out

Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#arrive #conceived #eve #his #knew

They wasn't gonna give you nothin'. I didn't care as long as they let me play my music. Cash on the spot... You cheat me and I'm gonna get me some money, too. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#cash #cheat #get #give #gonna

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives. ↗

— Craig Benson

#i #interference #less #lives #look

I am not 100% English, I am actually part Italian and even part Hungarian. Therefore I feel very much part of Europe both in my upbringing and outlook. ↗

— Bruce Bennett

#am #both #english #europe #even

I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since. ↗

— Joan Bennett

#dark #ever #hair #i #much

If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine. ↗

— Joan Bennett

#england #had #leigh #mine #only

The shameful never have dear friends. ↗

— Isaac de Benserade

#friends #never #shameful

I've been so fortunate because I never really had ups and downs as far as my career. Ninety-nine percent of the time, I've been sold out all over the world. ↗

— Tony Bennett

#because #been #career #downs #far

When men follow justice the city blooms, the earth bears rich harvests, and children and flocks increase; but for the unjust all nature is hostile, the people waste away from famine, and a whole city may reap the evil fruit of one man's ill deeds. ↗

— Christopher Henry Dawson

#history #justice #religion #men