#riot

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#vicious #virtue

As I was working I noticed that the way I designed the differential gearing actually created a spare drive that sat directly below the emperor's feet, or where they would be if he were to sit in the chariot. ↗

— Kit Williams

#below #chariot #created #designed #differential

I started by looking at what others had done before me. You see, over the years there have been attempts by many different people to reconstruct the chariot. ↗

— Kit Williams

#been #before #chariot #different #different people

I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form. ↗

— Kit Williams

#alive #although #another #artists #been

The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit. Because the handle extended out front it meant that wherever the rabbit went the chariot had to follow. ↗

— Kit Williams

#carved #chariot #extended #follow #form

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair. ↗

— Saul Williams

#legislation #make #necessarily #pick #right

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism. ↗

— John Woo

#concerned #family #films #friendship #honor

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#cleanliness #endeavour #extravagance #genius #hard

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong no matter who does it or who says it. ↗

— Malcom X

#does #face #face reality #matter #patriotism

This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story. ↗

— Neil Young

#against #called #civil #civil rights #country