"Death, like the quintessence of otherness, is for others."

-- Woodrow Wilson

#Quintessence Quotes #Otherness Quotes

“A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”
“Everything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.”
“There's crucial distinction that has to be drawn between the Shari'a, which is this hugely expansive vision of cosmic order that I've been describing, and principles of Islamic law, known in Arabic as "Fiqh" - a word that means understanding. If you're a devout Muslim, you don't argue against the Shari'a; the Shari'a is the path that God has laid down. But what you can do, and what people are doing all the time, is arguing over the correct interpretation of the Shari'a, arguing over the Fiqh. That's something that has been going on throughout Islamic history.”
“I doubt if there is a single really excellent art school now available in New York.”
“I accomplished so many things, so early in my career.”
“Our epoch has been called the century of work. It is in fact the century of pain, misery and corruption.”

Source : Paul Lafargue (2016). “The Right to be Lazy and Other Studies”, p.8, Library of Alexandria
“I would not preach tolerance, which seems to me another name for condescension and presupposes faults in those to be tolerated ... Nor do I believe in demanding love - that should be the gift of a free will. But simply to be kind - that is not too much to ask of any of us.”

Source : Josephine Lawrence (1945). “Let Us Consider One Another”, New York ; London : . Appleton-Century
“I wanted to connect my guitar to human emotions.”

Source : "Blues All Around Me". Book by B. B. King, David Ritz, www.indiewire.com. 1996.

You may also like:

Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
David Lloyd George
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
George Washington
1st U.S. President
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
William McKinley
25th U.S. President