"People speak with enormous pomposity and arrogance about music."

-- Elvis Costello

#People Quotes #Arrogance Quotes #Speak Quotes

“Faith is God's work within us.”
“Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark. Nobody knows what is going to happen to him from one moment to the next, or how one will bear it. This is irreducible. And it's true of everybody. Now, it is true that the nature of society is to create, among its citizens, an illusion of safety; but it is also absolutely true that the safety is always necessarily an illusion. Artists are here to disturb the peace.”
“The saddest thing that can happen to a person is to find out their memories are lies.”
“Technologies are not merely aids to human activity, but also powerful forces acting to reshape that activity and its meaning.”

Source : Langdon Winner (2010). “The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology”, p.6, University of Chicago Press
“No matter what age people are, I hope the lesson is to be engaged. Understand what your government is doing. Follow them. Ask questions. There is a price to be paid for speaking truth to power, but you can live through it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street.”

Source : Ralph Hodgson (2004). “The Last Blackbird and Other Poems by Ralph Hodgson”
“A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.”

Source : Jean Baptiste Say (1827). “A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth”, p.113
“Web standards keep you out of the dustbin of history.”

You may also like:

Bruce Springsteen
Musician
Buddy Holly
Singer-songwriter
Burt Bacharach
Singer
Chuck Berry
Guitarist
Diana Krall
Jazz Pianist
Elton John
Singer-songwriter
Elvis Presley
Singer
Nick Lowe
Singer-songwriter
Paul McCartney
Musician