"Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought."

-- Margaret Chase Smith

#Honor Quotes #Expected Quotes

“Recognizing that we have the kind of blood we have because we have the kind of kidneys we have, we must acknowledge that our kidneys constitute the major foundation of our philosophical freedom. Only because they work the way they do has it become possible for us to have bones, muscles, glands and brains. Superficially, it might be said that the function of the kidney is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy itself.”
“There is a weirdness about having a famous pre-pubescent in the house when you are going through the trials and tribulations of adolescence.”
“It's time to sort of get back to a basic message, the message that was given. At this time, the world has gone nuts, I think. And this film speaks -- well, Christ spoke of faith, hope, love and forgiveness. And these are things I think we need to be reminded of again. He forgave as he was tortured and killed. And we could do with a little of that behavior.”
“RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to our busy minds and properly dispose our listeners to a pain they have never dreamed of. The context of what can be known establishes that love and indifference are forms of language, but the wise addition of punctuation allows us to believe that there are other harms - the dash gives the reader the clear signal they are coming.”

Source : Ben Marcus (2013). “The Age of Wire and String”, p.92, Granta Books
“It's not just the abuse of power that's the problem. It's the power to abuse.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 16, 2016
“Obviously, I'm suffering from lack of sleep, but it truly is a blessing to be a mother.”
“I started writing hits the day I sold my piano.”

Source : Contemporary Musicians Vol. 14, May 1995.
“Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church”

Source : "Letters to Answer, and Logs to Split" by Michael Wilson, www.nytimes.com. October 1, 2010.

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