"The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same"

-- Zoltan Kodaly

#Law Quotes #Moral Quotes

“The only test of possession is use. The talent that is buried is not owned. The napkin and the hole in the ground are far more truly the man's property, because they are accomplishing something for him, slothful and shameful though it be. And what is a lost soul? Is it not one that God cannot use, or one that cannot use God? Trustless, prayerless, fruitless, loveless--is it not so far lost? So may a man have a soul that is lost and be dead while he lives.”

Source : Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901). “Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock”
“Liberals are sometimes defined as people who can't take their own side in an argument.”
“I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.”
“I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.”
“A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.”

Source : "Good Morning, America" on ABC TV, en.wikiquote.org. August 10, 1979.
“To practice Sincerity is to burden everyone else with believing you.”
“Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?”
“If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.”

Source : Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

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