"There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor."

-- Gerrit Smith

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Class Quotes

“History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.”

Source : William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.32, Cambridge University Press
“It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.”
“The slaves of custom and established mode, With pack-horse constancy we keep the road Crooked or straight, through quags or thorny dells, True to the jingling of our leader's bells.”
“There are some people who are way too sensitive about things. If you're not using the vocabulary that's new that they've helped define, then you're not on their team, even though you want to be. And at the same time, the fact that our president Donald Trump said on record, "You could just grab women by the pussy," and a lot of people in America were like, "Yeah, it's fine, that's something that's said..." There are people that are not sensitive or aware enough about other people and what that means.”
“Liberalism in various guises - feminism, the sexual revolution, gay activism - has been at war with marriage and family for several decades now. And when do-gooders look around at the wreckage of human lives caused by disintegrating families, they call for government to act as father, mother, brother, and sister.”

Source : Mona Charen (2006). “Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us”, Sentinel
“When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece”
“It was the first time I had ever made love. I wondered if he knew that. It felt like crying. I wondered, Why does anyone ever make love?”
“Whenever I can afford to do something, I do it”

Source : "Tete-A-Tete: Thurston Moore Interview By Jay Ferguson". Interview with Jay Ferguson, www.chartattack.com. August 1, 1998.

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