"Labor is the fruit of civilization, not the basis of it."

-- Alexander Crummell

#Civilization Quotes #Fruit Quotes #Bases Quotes

“What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership.”
“There is mounting concern worldwide over the consumption of alcohol. The U.S. government estimates that 10.6 million adults are alcoholics and that one family in four is troubled by alcohol. It is a factor in half of all the nation's traffic deaths.”
“The marathon never ceases to be a race of joy, a race of wonder.”

Source : Hal Higdon (2011). “Marathon: The Ultimate Training Guide: Advice, Plans, and Programs for Half and Full Marathons”, p.17, Rodale
“There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas - every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war.”

Source : I. F. Stone (2009). “The Best of I.F. Stone”, p.27, PublicAffairs
“The photograph... is not a picture of something, but is an object about something.”
“Whether you are Minor White or Robert Frank, almost every photograph starts with an act of pure description - a window. But every now and then you catch a glimpse of the photographer's reflection. The mirror is just another function of the window.”
“I don't use photographs because photographs don't give me the kind of information I need.”
“Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.”

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