"To take my work seriously would be the height of folly."

-- Edward Gorey

#Would Be Quotes #Height Quotes #Folly Quotes

“The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.”
“Courage is the only asset That will conquer in the fight If you have the will to mass it On the lines of truth and right.”

Source : Jack Crawford (1913). “Whar' the Hand O' God is Seen: & Other Poems”
“If you have any lack, if you are prey to poverty or disease, it is because you do not believe or do not understand the power that is yours. It is not a question of the universal giving to you. It offers everything to everyone - there is no partiality.”
“We are sometimes asked what the result would be if we put four +'s in one gene. To answer this my colleagues have recently put together not merely four but six +'s.”
“How boring these emotions are that we're caught in and can't get free of, no matter how much we want to...”
“They say people can think for themselves? Do you honestly believe that the chap who canâ€™t pass primary six knows the consequence of his choice when he answers a question viscerally, on language, culture and religion? But we knew the consequences. We would starve, we would have race riots. We would disintegrate.”
“There is a vast difference between devotion to a person and devotion to principles or to a cause. Our Lord never proclaimed a cause- He proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. To be a disciple is to be a devoted bondservant motivated by love for the Lord Jesus.”
“Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.”

Source : Samuel Eliot Morison (1953). “By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses”, New York : Knopf

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