Conservatism Is Death Quotes & Sayings

The injured captain, lying in the bow, was at this time buried in that profound dejection and indifference which comes, temporarily at least, to
even the bravest and most enduring when, willy nilly, the firm fails, the army loses, the ship goes down. — Stephen Crane

All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must be ready to change his line sharply and suddenly, with no concern for the prejudices and memories of what was yesterday. To rest upon formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death. — Hyman Rickover

My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible. — Kate Bosworth

Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they abate the active powers of men; depress courage, invention, and genius; and produce a universal lethary in the people. — David Hume

In case you guys didn't catch last week's episode, I'm out of the flock," I informed them. "Angel has no allegiance to me. She's wanted me gone for a long time. And in case you didn't catch all the episodes from the past year, Angel is ... unbalanced."
"Untrustworthy," Fang seconded.
"Unpredictable," Jeb added.
"Dangerous," Dylan chimed in. — James Patterson

For Saffron," it said in shaky old writing on the damaged base, and on the other side, "Saffy's angel."
Saffron, picking up the broken fragments one by one, said it didn't matter. She hugged Rose and Indigo and Caddy and Sarah, and said again and again that it didn't matter, it didn't matter at all. — Hilary McKay

Christ sent me to preach the gospel and he will look after the results. — Mary Slessor

I exercise every day. It's what makes me happy. — Andie MacDowell

I think my wife understood from the day I met her how important she was to me and how important it was for me becoming a husband and a father. — Frank Abagnale

Documentaries make a difference. — Paul Watson

The privilege of a middle-class, stable, bourgeois life is that you can pretend that you are not complicated and project yourself as a solid, uncomplicated person, with refined life goals and achievements. — Aleksandar Hemon

Here in L.A., there are a lot of dead spots, and you have to drive to find energy, but all of India is so energetic. — Chris Kattan

We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind. — John Ruskin

When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly. — Edward Teller

I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't. — Hugo Weaving

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces. — Bryant H. McGill

Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth. — Daisaku Ikeda

When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it. — Mark Twain

The frivolous work of polished idleness. — James Mackintosh