Ezra Heywood famous quotes

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  • I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.

  • Zionism is nothing more, but also nothing less, than the Jewish People's sense of origin and destination in the Land linked eternally with its name. It is also the instrument whereby the Jewish Nation seeks an authentic fulfillment of itself.

  • I heard my name." Ash's voice startles me. "You tow better not be making fun of me about this stupid bra Mama's making me wear. I've had it with the jokes. I'll break both your noses if it doesn't stop.

  • I loved her. I loved her with a something so fierce I couldn't even name it.

  • When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.

  • Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.

  • Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

  • A profit is not without honor save in Boston.

  • We Shall Build Good Ships Here; At A Profit If We Can, At A Loss If We Must, But Always Good Ships.

  • The farmer and manufacturer can no more live without profit than the labourer without wages.