"The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word "free" to a note so high nobody could reach it. That was deliberate."

-- Tony Kushner

#White Quotes #Anthem Quotes #Crackers Quotes

“In conditions of uncertainty, humans, like other animals, herd together for protection.”

Source : "That Uncertain Feeling" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. September 1, 2008.
“When you create a business, you create something that improves the life of your customer, of another person, maybe of ten people, of a thousand people, of a million people. There's no higher calling.”
“When we hear jokes against women, and we are asked why we don't laugh at them, the answer is easy, simple, and short. Of course we're not laughing . . . . Nobody laughs at the sight of their own blood.”
“I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.”

Source : On seeing the first Reformed Parliament, in Sir William Fraser 'Words on Wellington' (1889) p. 12
“It sometimes requires courage to fly from danger.”

Source : Maria Edgeworth (1848). “Forester. The Prussian vase. The good aunt. Angelina. The good French governess. Mademoiselle Panache. The knapsack”, p.380
“My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.”
“It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear.”
“You know what you gotta do cowboy?”

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