#otis

I'm an artist and that means I can be as egotistical as I want to be. ↗

— Lou Reed

#egotistical #i #i can #means #want

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#cracked #despotism #nearly #up

Guys like Otis Blackwell and Bobby Darin, and all the guys who were writing songs for Elvis at the time, just hanging around, writing songs, talking about music. ↗

— Johnny Rivers

#around #blackwell #bobby #bobby darin #darin

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#country #deserves #government #patriotism #supporting

Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the nation. ↗

— Jane Addams

#affection #cannot #conception #embody #hope

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism. ↗

— Robert Charles Winthrop

#chart #compass #patriotism #points #true

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see. ↗

— George V. Higgins

#cannot #egotism #others #see #seeing

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#form #really #self-consciousness

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#any #assure #bear #burden #every

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#citizens #complicit #deal #defeated #fight