"The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies of ostentatious greatness. But when they lost even the semblance of those virtues which were derived from their ancient freedom, the simplicity of Roman manners was insensibly corrupted by the stately affectation of the courts of Asia."

-- Edward Gibbon

#Pride Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Vanity Quotes

“I like going out and I like being single, but a growing part of me would rather just stay home, cook food with someone I really like, and do nothing.”

Source : "Aziz Ansari gets candid about love: “elusive and sadly ephemeral”". Interview with TashaR, www.avclub.com. February 13, 2013.
“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.”
“I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask none to live for me, nor do I live for any others. I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.”
“Every time we turn our heads the other way when we see the law flouted, when we tolerate what we know to be wrong, when we close our eyes and ears to the corrupt because we are too busy or too frightened, when we fail to speak up and speak out, we strike a blow against freedom and decency and justice.”

Source : Remarks before the Joint Defense Appeal of the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith, Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 1961.
“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.”
“Fighting disparities is very significant.”
“TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. November 24, 2008.
“What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.”

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