"An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral."

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Source : "Inherit the Wind". Play by Jerome Lawrence, 1955.

Clarence Darrow

#Ideas Quotes #Cathedrals Quotes #Monument Quotes

“He could hardly read or write but his heart spoke the language of the good”
“The marvelous maturity of London! I would rather be dead in this town than preening my feathers in heaven.”
“Agent Jones switched to the big screen and a grainy video of MoMo sitting at his enormous desk, a swivel-hipped Elvis clock ticking behind his bewigged head. 'Death to the capitalist pigs! Death to your cinnamon bun-smelling malls! Death to your power walking and automatic car windows and I'm With Stupid T-shirts! The Republic of ChaCha will never bend to your side-of-fries -drive -through-please-oh-would-you-like-ketchup-with-that corruption! MoMo B. ChaCha defies you and all you stand for, and one day, you will crumble into the sea and we will pick up the pieces and make them into sand art.”
“As a bassist he could never really be a sideman. He was always the anchor. He drove the beat. even if it was behind Miles Davis'a horn.”
“Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.”
“Our Nation is in great need of young men and women of character to lead in every arena of our society.”
“On 3 things in his bucket list: On my bucket list... Uhm, the question is totally catching me by surprise. Some more travel, spending quality time with my family and just getting the most I can out of my wife and daughter.”
“People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales.”

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