Ettleson Gmc Quotes & Sayings

Of course it is impossible, or at any rate very difficult, properly to study anything whatever without the aid of printed books. But if you desire to understand the deeper depths of bridge or of boat-sailing you would not be deterred by your lack of interest in literature from reading the best books on bridge or boat-sailing. We must, therefore, distinguish between literature, and books treating of subjects not literary. — Arnold Bennett

Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society. — James Baldwin

The day after I became king, S'yan offered a single piece of wisdom. 'Power lies not in what a king does, but in what his subjects believe he might do.' This was profound. For it meant that the majesty of kings lay in their mystique... not in their might. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Motorcycles aren't about gaining agency, I don't think. — Rachel Kushner

If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state? — Tony Campolo

Let us attend to the present, and as to the future we shall know how to manage when the occasion arrives. — Pierre Corneille