#quoted

The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical. ↗

— William Shenstone

#felt #frequently #lines #most #musical

I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#i #know #misquoted #misunderstood #most

I was often misquoted. I was supportive of my managers, even though they all may not think so. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#i #managers #may #misquoted #often

I've been so mutilated by a lot of articles. I know I haven't said a lot of things I'm quoted as saying in the papers. ↗

— Mary Docter

#been #haven #i #know #lot

What social psychology has given to an understanding of human nature is the disceovery that forces larger than ourselves determine our mental life and our actions - chief among these forces [is] the power of the social situation ↗

— Mahrzarin Banaji

#social-psychology #life

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that is wants to live humbly for one. ↗

— Wilhelm Stekel

#immaturity #quoted #salinger #selflessness #maturity

Freedom! To fill people's mailboxes, eyes, ears and brains with commercial rubbish against their will, television programs that are impossible to watch with a sense of coherence. Freedom! To force information on people, taking no account of their right not to accept it or their right of peace of mind. Freedom! To spit in the eyes and souls of passersby with advertisements. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#freedom

Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live. ↗

— Herodotus

#the-self-creating-universe #inspirational

This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information. ↗

— John Scarlett

#information #iraqi #know #line #military

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect. ↗

— Periander

#makes #misquoted #often #perfect #practice