"The tyranny of some is possible only through the cowardice of others."

-- Jose Rizal

#Cowardice Quotes #Tyranny Quotes

“Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story.”
“The poem I want to write is impossible. A stone that floats.”

Source : Charles Simic (2013). “The Monster Loves His Labyrinth”, p.41, Copper Canyon Press
“Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret - these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.”
“I was a Air Force kid. I got out of high school and I decided to join the military. I traveled and I was international before I got home. I did my thing in Japan, and I did it on big stages.”

Source : "Donnis Talks 'Fashionably Late,' Atlantic Debut & Texting With T.I". Interview with Jordan Martins, www.complex.com. June 24, 2010.
“No golfer can ever become too good to practice.”

Source : May Hezlet (1907). “Ladies' Golf”
“I do media every day I tour and the travel itself is a bit testing, so I don't get to do much gregarious activity when I'm on the road, but I do enough barbequing and enough hanging out and training with enough law enforcement and military to keep me bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and to make sure my guitar solos every night breath fire.”
“In all of America, there is no more promising an urban area for revitalization than your own Over-the-Rhine. When I look at that remarkably untouched, expansive section of architecturally uniform structures, unmarred by clashing modern structures, I see in my mind the possibility for a revived district that literally could rival similar prosperous and heavily visited areas.”
“Life is too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters.”

Source : Maynard James Keenan, Sarah Jensen (2016). “A Perfect Union of Contrary Things”, p.265, Hal Leonard Corporation

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