"To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding."

-- Horatio Nelson

#War Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Use Quotes

“And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed.”
“American life, in large cities, is a perpetual assault on the senses and the nerves; it is out of asceticism, out of unworldliness, precisely, that we bear it.”
“Donâ€™t. Donâ€™t play that game.â€ His brow pressed to hers. â€œWhen I heard you cry out .Â .Â . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.”
“To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves,”
“Do you have to feel something for it to be real or mean anything? Can you touch your dreams, taste your imagination.”

Source : Tim Lebbon (2003). “Fears Unnamed”
“Our citizenship is in eternity; history is our temporary residence.”
“From the minute I heard music I knew why I was born.”

Source : Interview with Angela Page, "Folk Plus", WJFF Radio, www.wjffradio.org. June 24, 2000.
“In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy”

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