"It is much simpler and easier to collect and caress the trophies of our democratic inheritance than it is to fashion up-to-date tools with which to work on our current problems."

-- Charles Ferguson

#Fashion Quotes #Justice Quotes #Tools Quotes

“O blessed bounty, giving ail content! The only fautress of all noble arts That lend'st success to every good intent. A grace that rests in the most godlike hearts, By heav'n to none but happy souls infus'd Pity it is, that e'er thou wast abus'd.”
“You must accept the fact that there is no help but self-help. I cannot tell you how to gain freedom since freedom exists within you.”
“Marilyn always dreamt of being an actress. She didn't, by the way, dream of being just a star. She dreamt of being an actress. And she had always lived somehow with that dream. And that is why, despite the fact that she became one of the most unusual and outstanding stars of all time, she herself was never satisfied. When she came to New York, she began to perceive the possibilities of really accomplishing her dream, of being an actress.”
“There is a Party of fiscal responsibility... economic responsibility... social responsibility... civic responsibility... personal responsibility... and moral responsibility. That party is the Democratic Party.”
“When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light.”
“The principle part of faith is patience.”
“An essential portion of any artist's labor is not creation so much as invocation”

Source : Lewis Hyde (2009). “The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World”, p.186, Vintage
“Iran rejects weapons of mass destruction based on its belief system, its religious belief system, as well as well as its ethical standpoint.”

Source : "Amanpour" with Christiane Amanpour, amanpour.blogs.cnn.com. September 25, 2013.

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