Quotes
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Samuel Williams
"Every thing useful and beneficial to man, seems to be connected with obedience to the laws of his nature, the inclinations, the duties, and the happiness of individuals, resolve themselves into customs and habits, favorable, in the highest degree, to society. In no case is this more apparent, than in the customs of nations respecting marriage." --
Source : Samuel Williams (1809). “The Natural and Civil History of Vermont”, p.372
Samuel Williams
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“There’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. Even if you encounter a rock, use dynamite and keep going down. If you leave that to dig another well, all the first effort is wasted and there is no proof you won’t hit rock again. (52)”
“I told them [the producers] I couldn't compound the lie that Black fathers don't care about their children. I was proud of the family life I was able to introduce to television.”
“Timothy O'Sullivan was, it seems to me, the greatest of the photographers because he understood nature first as architecture.”
“There ought to be some other means of reckoning quality in this the best and loveliest of games; the scoreboard is an ass.”
Source : 1981 A Fourth Innings with Cardus.
“I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your longing.”
Source : David Whyte (2009). “The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self and Relationship”, p.60, Penguin
“I think human beings must have faith or must look for faith, otherwise our life is empty, empty. To live and not to know why the cranes fly, why children are born, why there are stars in the sky. You must know why you are alive, or else everything is nonsense, just blowing in the wind.”
“From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.”
“Shareholder value theory - the destructive idea that companies should be run solely for the benefit of shareholders - has led to financialized businesses that do not invest in the areas that will lead to future growth or the invention of useful new products.”
