"I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of barbarians? I think that they have."

-- Barbara Tuchman

#Loss Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Barbarians Quotes

“I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.”
“It takes waking prayer and working prayer and going to bed in prayer each day with increasing dedication. I must be the best person that I am able to be when I am painting. Tonight the wind is howling and the barrels are full of sky water.”
“I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible, but always on the cusp of becoming real.”

Source : Facebook: Sean Parker, www.facebook.com.
“High school isn't necessarily the best time of your life.”

Source : "When I Was 17: Jenna Ushkowitz". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. August 17, 2012.
“I love to play; a stage is a safe place for me to be. It's not that way for most folks, but I'd be lost without it.”
“â€¦They think of suicide as a quick route to oblivion, an escape. Far from it. It merely alters a person from one form to another. Nothing can destroy the spirit. Suicide only precipitates a darker continuation of the same conditions from which escape was sought. A condition under circumstances so much more painful.”
“A lot of issues need to be swept under the carpet---and poof, along comes SARS. Whether or not its appearance was coordinated, up front, to coincide with these scandals and tragedies in Iraq, one thing is for sure. SARS has been used as a smokescreen to keep the global public diverted and in fear.”
“I don't get DRUNK before I play but I might get drunk after.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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