#vices

If a man has no vices, he's in great danger of making vices out of his virtues, and there's a spectacle. We've all seen them: men who were monsters of philanthropy and women who were dragons of purity. ... No, no - nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring up modesly around it. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#virtues #men

I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy. ↗

— Bram Cohen

#agenda #am #any #basic #basic human rights

But that's something that I like about scoring film: it makes me reach out of the parameters of my self, it requires me to do things musically that I wouldn't normally do left to my own devices. ↗

— Jim Coleman

#devices #film #i #left #like

So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#consideration #creature #dies #given #imaginary

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. ↗

— Bill Delahunt

#both #choice #cuts #drastic #education

Both organizations are growing rapidly due in part to answering the urgent need in the community for services and programs to help with the day-to-day struggles that come with memory disorders. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

#both #come #community #day-to-day #disorders

After Watergate, America was a ship without a rudder. Vietnam was left to its own devices, drifting along towards its fate. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#along #america #devices #drifting #fate

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people. ↗

— Rose Wilder Lane

#i #learned #long #novices #only

I'm fascinated with the electronic devices that we can mess around with. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#devices #electronic #fascinated #i #mess

While the political debate over abortion will continue for a very long time, the federal government can and should be doing more to support programs and services that provide women with better options. ↗

— Tim Ryan

#better #continue #debate #doing #federal