"I come from a very la-ti-da East Coast intellectual family - or so they think."

-- Alexandra Wentworth

#Thinking Quotes #Intellectual Quotes #East Quotes

“Life, the raw material, is only lived in potentia until the artist deploys it in his work.”
“To let God make us, instead of painfully trying to make ourselves; to follow the path that his love shows us, instead of through conceit or cowardice or mockery choosing another; to trust Him for our strength and fitness as the flowers do, simply giving ourselves back to Him in grateful service,â€”this is to keep the laws that give us the freedom of the city in which there is no longer any night of bewilderment or ignorance or uncertainty.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2008). “A Country Doctor”, p.238, Bantam Classics
“All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.”
“For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.”
“I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut.”
“Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal will be about socializing...uh, um...Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.”

Source : "Is Obama Taking Pointers From Hugo Chavez?" By Glenn Beck, www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2010.
“I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.”
“The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.”

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