"There's nothing so passionate as a vested interest disguised as an intellectual conviction."

-- Sean O'Casey

#Intellectual Quotes #Passionate Quotes #Argument Quotes

“Beauty,--the fading rainbow's pride.”

Source : Fitz-Greene HALLECK (1847). “The Poetical Works of F. H. Now First Collected”, p.91
“It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.”
“The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for a common goal.”
“I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat.”
“If I was any happier, you'd think I was on crack.”
“I think no more of taking another wife than I do of buying a cow.”
“... some people cannot bear the truth, no matter how tactfully it is told. No doubt the haughty, the tyrannical, the unmerciful, the impure and the fomentors of discord take a fierce exception to the Sermon on the Mount.”

Source : Mary Church Terrell (1986). “A Colored Woman in a White World”
“To be able to donate money to effect change is extremely exciting. I think I'm very determined and persistent. All the things that you need to deliver a successful business and I think these qualities will be useful in the campaign with the Animal Justice Fund.”

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