#isa

I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals. ↗

— Lord Salisbury

#disappear #higher #i #myself #policeman

The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#because #consequences #desire #disagree #i

I presume that nobody will deny the positive aspects of the North American cultural world. These are well known to all. But these aspects do not make one forget the disastrous effects of the industrial and commercial process of 'cultural lamination' that the USA is perpetrating on the planet. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#aspects #commercial #cultural #deny #disastrous

We're not short of movements proclaiming that a different world is possible, but unless we can coordinate them into an international movement, capitalism just laughs at all these little organisations. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#coordinate #different #different world #international #into

I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#aware #been #being #complex #disaster

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters. ↗

— May Sarton

#constant #disasters #few #garden #growth

Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#disadvantage #english #great #know #language

Part of this new world of completely improvisational terrorism is that there were codes of war that disintegrated in the face of terrorism. ↗

— Diane Sawyer

#completely #disintegrated #face #improvisational #new

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#being #human #human being #must #nuisance

Trusting our intuition often saves us from disaster. ↗

— Anne Wilson Schaef

#intuition #often #our #saves #trusting