"Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have ..."

-- Ada Leverson

#People Quotes #Merit Quotes #Modesty Quotes

“Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful - that's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.”
“But the more we search the Scriptures, the more we perceive, in this doctrine, the fundamental truth of the gospel - that truth which gives to redemption its character, and to all other truths their real power.”
“A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man ...”
“If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.”
“And then, I was thinking of doing a record just like starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just kind of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play music to go with a voice”
“The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions.”
“I certainly agree that capital is not a one-dimensional object, and that the return on capital takes very different forms for different assets or different people.”
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.”

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