"We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts."

-- Tavis Smiley

#Country Quotes #Giving Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback.”
“The term 'charisma' will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. These are such as are not accessible to the ordinary person, but are regarded as of divine origin or as exemplary, and on the basis of them the individual concerned is treated as a 'leader.”

Source : Economy and Society ch. 3 (1922)
“Enemies are so stimulating.”
“In the end I realize that whatever meaning that picture has is the accumulated meaning of ten thousand brushstrokes, each one being decided as it was painted.”

Source : Robert Motherwell (1999). “The Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell”
“I'd like to teach kids how to write songs. This will be my first year so I'm just as green as some of the rest of the folks. It's like a music camp and I get to hang out with some of the past contestants.”
“I believe that half the trouble in the world comes from people asking 'What have I achieved?' rather than 'What have I enjoyed?'”
“You can put me in the basement or the penthouse, it doesnâ€™t matter to me.”
“There is little evidence that other animals judge the appropriateness of actions that do not directly affect themselves.”

You may also like:

Benedict Cumberbatch
Voice Actor
Charlie Rose
Television talk show host
Cornel West
Philosopher
Derek Hough
Professional Dancer
Lolo Jones
Track and field athlete
Melissa Harris-Perry
Writer
Michael Eric Dyson
Author
Steve Harvey
Actor
Wes Moore
Author