#sons

Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#control #equal #her #man #mind

The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#characters #day #different #different reasons #everybody

The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons; to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. ↗

— Mary Astell

#design #due #excite #government #hearers

I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life. ↗

— John Astin

#continue #demonstrates #difficult #difficult things #doing

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests. ↗

— John James Audubon

#deepest #forests #frequently #i #me

In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#after #age #alone #another #because

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#admitted #ambition #another #becomes #consist

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#evil #persons #society #solitude #than

I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#films #fritz #got #had #i

People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#church #few #forget #free #go