"Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people."

-- Jean de La Fontaine

#Trust Quotes #Truth Quotes #People Quotes

“I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.”
“To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.”

Source : Julius Wellhausen (2013). “Prolegomena to the History of Israel: With a Reprint of the Article 'Israel' from the Encyclopaedia Britannica”, p.35, Cambridge University Press
“A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.”
“Whatever the reasons, I enjoyed being nude; it felt natural to me. I got the same kind of pleasure from being free of clothing that many people get from being well dressed.”

Source : Edward Weston, Charis Wilson (1993). “Edward Weston: nudes : his photographs accompanied by excerpts from the daybooks & letters”
“Don't be so glued to what you planned that you can't change it.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“Common standards ensure that every child across the country is getting the best possible education, no matter where a child lives or what their background is. The common standards will provide an accessible roadmap for schools, teachers, parents and students, with clear and realistic goals.”
“I try not to drink too much because when I'm drunk, I bite.”
“Improvisation can be either a last resort or an established way of evoking creativity.”

Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.4, Grove Press

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