"A spurious democracy has influenced both our research methods (I am sometimes tempted to define "validity" as part of the context of an experiment demanding so little in the way of esoteric gift that any number can play at it, provided they have taken a certain number of courses) and our research subjects (it would be deemed snobbish to investigate only the best people)."

-- David Riesman

#Taken Quotes #Play Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“Again the blackbirds sings; the streams Wake, laughing, from their winter dreams, And tremble in the April showers The tassels of the maple flowers.”

Source : John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.371
“When God's leading and directing, you don't have to kick the doors open.”
“I like making work in my studio day in and day out, but I'm not so interested in the business side”
“No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.”

Source : August Strindberg (1983). “Strindberg, Five Plays”, p.104, Univ of California Press
“Be a sinner and sinï»¿ï»¿ boldly,ï»¿ but believe andï»¿ï»¿ rejoice in Christ even more boldly.”
“English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.”

Source : Paul Scott (2011). “The Raj Quartet, Volume 1: The Jewel in the Crown”, p.206, University of Chicago Press
“When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.”
“I'm not a dogmatic Christian and I don't believe in the Bible literally, but I realized that Jesus is basically a very Zen dude.”

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