"..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts, which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen, which we ourselves ought to bear."

-- George Washington

#War Quotes #Bears Quotes #Shunning Quotes

“sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down to talk about it”
“...innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder.”
“My attitude towards my time as a musician, is that I really wanted to completely reinvent myself and not be one of these people who, twenty, thirty years later, is trying to recreate something that happened. I'm glad that Neil Young still makes records, but I don't know that everybody needs to be frozen in time forever. I think it's good that pop music is ephemeral.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on planet Earth, insatiably gobbling up cash for politics and charity and themselves from the same incestuous swirl.”
“I like having a phrase lying around to get poems started. It's like having a key.”
“God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule.”
“But what if music is what escapes when a heart breaks?”
“Sooner or later, wittingly or unwittingly, we must pay for every intrusion on the natural environment.”

Source : barry commoner (1966). “science and survival”

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