#wi

Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#award #blame #criticism #discriminate #duties

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters. ↗

— Carly Simon

#even #greenwich #greenwich village #i #look

When I and the other young artists were working in comics, our work carried with it a particularly American slant. After all, we were Americans drawing and writing about things that touched us. As it turned out, the early work was, you might say, a comic book version of Jazz. ↗

— Joe Simon

#after #american #artists #book #carried

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing. ↗

— Paul Simon

#growing #hope #i #i can #major

If you don't know the purpose of something, all you can do is misuse it. ↗

— Craig Groeschel

#wisdom #life

I will be the Thai equivalent of Eddie the Eagle. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#eddie #equivalent #i #thai #will

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it. ↗

— Wallis Simpson

#am #anxious #because #could #entire

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer. ↗

— Ken Follet

#books #i #reader #without #would

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another... after the war is on. ↗

— Robert M. La Follette

#another #invent #make #party #pretext

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#great #make #miracles #store #those