"The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk a long period of confusion and mixed purposes for the sake of giving man a chance to grow up in mind and responsibility."

-- Harry Allen Overstreet

#Growing Up Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Men Quotes

“Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe.”
“It's much more effective to allow solutions to problems to emerge from the people close to the problem rather than to impose them from higher up.”
“A real man is he whose goodness is a part of himself.”
“We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete like an SAT score. The reality, though, is that who deserves entry into an institution depends on what the institution exists to do.”
“The serpentine line, or the line of grace, by its waving and winding at the same time different ways, leads the eye in a pleasing manner along the continuity of its variety.”

Source : William Hogarth (1803). “Anecdotes of Mr. Hogarth: And Explanatory Descriptions of the Plates of Hogarth Restored”
“When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon.”
“A game of secret, cunning stratagems, in which only the fools who are fated to lose reveal their true aims or motives - even to themselves.”
“There is a guy on my block who lives for rock, he plays records day and night, and when he feels down he puts the rock and roll on and it makes him feel alright.”

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