"You can padlock a building, but you can't padlock an idea."

--

Source : Frank Adams, Myles Horton (1975). “Unearthing Seeds of Fire: The Idea of Highlander”, p.133, John F. Blair, Publisher

Myles Horton

#Ideas Quotes #Padlocks Quotes #Building Quotes

“I--love's skein upon the ground, My body in the tomb-- Shall leap into the light lost In my mother's womb.”
“Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“we unwittingly project onto God our own attitudes and feelings toward ourselves... But we cannot assume that He feels about us the way we feel about ourselves -- unless we love ourselves compassionately, intensely, and freely.”
“No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions”
“I'm probably the highest paid outdoor entertainer since Cleopatra,”
“Imagine what could be accomplished if only the human race would shed its humanity.”
“You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.”
“What we feel is beyond words. We should be ashamed of our poems.”

Source : Nizar Qabbani, “Verse”

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