"The newspaper has debauched the American until he is a slavish, simpering, and angerless citizen; it has taught him to be a lump mass-man toward fraud, simony, murder, and lunacies more vile than those of Commodus or Caracalla."

-- Edward Dahlberg

#Men Quotes #Taught Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“Real possession football, this. And Zico's lost it”
“Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are.”
“I wouldn't go back and be 25 again for all the tea in China.”
“Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.”
“The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.”
“For the sound we produce, everybody is equally important. Each of us has a very different personality and that is what keeps Bush alive.”
“I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe.”
“I remember one day I was kissing Mason and he spit up in my mouth and I loved it.”

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