John Balance famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
All knowledge is precious whether or not it serves the slightest human use.
I don't use many apps. I use naps.
You're my present and my future Sadie, I will use whatever power I have to make you happy.
My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.
What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?
Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

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