"What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text?"

-- Lewis H. Lapham

#People Quotes #Wish Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“An English tongue, if refined to a certain standard, might perhaps be fixed forever.”
“Sometimes I get worried I'm getting too caught up in the nauseatingly oily smoothness of my own line, when all I'm trying to do is make it as clear as possible.”
“What does physical eroticism signify if not a violation of the very being of its practitioners? â€“ A violation bordering on death, bordering on murder?”
“I see no hope for a revival among God's people today. They are so enamored and so cluttered up with Hollywood and newspapers and magazines and parties and bowling alleys and camping trips and everything else. How in the world are they going to get still long enough to see anything from God?”
“I was kicked out of school one year for streaking.”
“At first it was a bit strange and daunting to have to wear a mask, but afterwards I came to enjoy it. In warm conditions, though, it started to slip off my face. Other times they used this double-sided sticky tape, and I literally couldn't get it off my face. I would feel like I was ripping my face off and I had a lot of cuts and bruises because of it-huge red marks. People might think it was method acting.”
“Sugar is responsible for a lot of deaths. Arguably more than crack cocaine.”
“Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men.”

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