"Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel."

-- Jane Porter

#Country Quotes #Drs Quotes #Oracles Quotes

“So dance music is now pop music. So now, as a dance producer, what do I have to do? So I'm starting to do alien music, because pop is not pop anymore; we need to go alien to be independent.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were.”
“Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.”
“I wanted the monster back and that was plainly wrong.”
“My departure from Hollywood was described as a walk-out. No one understood that I was cracking up.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“Yes, I think I am a genius, but not a rebel.”
“When women were excluded from New Deal programs, Eleanor Roosevelt fought to include them. Roosevelt was among a handful of leaders who realized the US economy would not escape the depths of recession without the full contributions of women.”

Source : "Political leaders often overlook the key to economic growth: women" by Lael Brainard, www.theguardian.com. July 31, 2013.
“The weak-minded man is the slave of his vices and the dupe of his virtues.”

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