#vile

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. ↗

— Vannevar Bush

#his #learn #man #mission #privilege

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all. ↗

— Lord Byron

#fall #fear #freed #hath #himself

There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God. ↗

— John Calvin

#does #god #however #sordid #vile

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

#burdened #conditions #membership #privilege

I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#could #deprived #economically #every #every time

I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#always #being #chance #every #felt

If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#days #feel #few #greatest #greatest privilege

I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#anymore #backgrounds #believe #children #clever

If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor. ↗

— Robert Chambers

#courtesy #demand #demeanor #equal #how

We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world. ↗

— Hugo Chavez

#destroyed #elite #large #must #part