"The House is composed of very good men, not shining, but honest and reasonably well-informed, and in time will be found to improve, and not much inferior in eloquence, science, and dignity, to the British Commons. They are patriotic enough, and I believe there are more stupid (as well as more shining) people in the latter, in proportion."

-- Fisher Ames

#Stupid Quotes #Believe Quotes #Patriotic Quotes

“I worked hard at that through most of the '80s, and in 1990 my house burned in New Hampshire, and my studios and my offices. I had to decide at what level to rebuild, and I decided that I was going to stop trying to be all things to all people, and just go back to playing the guitar.”
“I think women in pop have been declawed and defanged, and they're just meant to look pretty and sing pretty.”
“There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts we should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer.”
“I don't value authority. I don't value the systems. I don't value patriarchal religion. I don't value the things that diminish you when you do tell the truth. So I'm not scared of the end result, and that is the biggest asset I have.”
“Marriage wrecks any decent relationship.”

Source : Susan Straight (2013). “Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights: A Novel”, p.29, Open Road Media
“If a man is worth knowing at all, he is worth knowing well.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.29
“What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives.”
“Know what you want to do - then do it. Make straight for your goal and go undefeated in spirit to the end.”

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