#han

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body. ↗

— Douglas William Jerrold

#destructive #his #living #man #manhood

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#been #before #ever #far #girl

It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people. ↗

— Marc Jacobs

#different #different types #i #nice #people

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#declined #enthusiasm #everything #grandma #hand

With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#anything #architect #because #begin #building

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#american #based #closer #concepts #ethics

Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people. ↗

— Brion James

#connecting #elements #more #nothing #people

The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me. ↗

— Ida Tarbell

#against #belonged #chance #circle #circles

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life. ↗

— P. D. James

#days #english #frequently #life #memory

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ↗

— William James

#beforehand #come #enough #faith #hour