"Those whose conscience demands that they defy authority in some ways that involve great consequences must be willing to accept some penalty."

-- Joseph Wood Krutch

#Demand Quotes #Way Quotes #Authority Quotes

“I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gavin Rossdale from Mar 26, 2012
“I see rock music as the best example of modernday storytelling that exists in our society. Songs are narratives that help the listeners cope with the reality of life that can't be easily spoken about in everyday conversation. It is a hugely powerful process of helping people find themselves through music.”
“Suspicion," he said. "Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He's a genius." "Starring Cary Grant." When Lucas gave me a look, I added, "You have your priorities, I have mine.”
“My job is to be a role model, and that's what I want to do, but my job isn't to be a parent. My job isn't to tell your kids how to act or how not to act, because I'm still figuring that out for myself. So to take that away from me is a bit selfish. Your kids are going to make mistakes whether I do or not. That's just life.”
“You can read the best experts on child care. You can listen to those who have been there. You can take a whole childbirth and child-care course without missing a lesson. But you won't really know a thing about yourselves and each other as parents, or your baby as a child, until you have her in your arms. That's the moment when the lifelong process of bringing up a child into the fold of the family begins.”
“Daughter of my heart,' was the message Brimstone sent just for Karou. She wanted to cry again right here in the court, thinking of it. 'Twice-daughter, my joy. Your dream is my dream, and your name is true. You are all of our hope.”
“Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.”

Source : Ming-Dao Deng (2013). “365 Tao: Daily Meditations”, p.20, Harper Collins
“Lincoln was not great because he was born in a log cabin, but because he got out of it”

Source : James Truslow Adams (2017). “The Epic of America”, p.262, Routledge

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