"Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please."

-- John Wolcot

#Art Quotes #Political Quotes #Gold Quotes

“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.”
“I don't see any harm in brining an instrument into the church itself.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“Language makes infinite use of finite media.”

Source : Wilhelm von Humboldt, Wilhelm Humboldt (Freiherr von) (1972). “Linguistic variability & intellectual development”, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
“No State shall pass any law impairing the [natural] obligation of contracts.”
“Spraying to kill trees and and raspberry bushes after a clear-cut merely looks unaesthetic for a short time, but tree plantations are deliberate ecodeath. Yet, tree planting is often pictorially advertised on television and in national magazines by focusing on cupped caring hands around a seedling. But forests do not need this godlike interference... Planting tree plantations is permanent deforestation... The extensive planting of just one exotic species removes thousands of native species.”
“Fear and faith cannot coexist in our hearts at the same time.”
“Everything growing wild is a hundred times stronger than tame things.”

Source : Forrest Carter (2001). “The Education of Little Tree”, p.101, UNM Press
“For the record? I have never been her baby. In fact, I reject the notion of coming out of her body. I prefer to believe I was hatched, or perhaps purchased.”

Source : Jen Lancaster (2009). “Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending,Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase”, p.167, Penguin

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