Gellius Florus Quotes & Sayings

Land taxes is the thing. They got so high that there is no chance to make anything. Not only land but all property tax. You see in the old days, why the only thing they knew how to tax was land, or a house. Well, that condition went along for quite awhile, so even today the whole country tries to run its revenue on taxes on land. They never ask if the land makes anything. "It's land ain't it? Well tax it then." — Will Rogers

As would-be songwriters, our interest was in black music and black music only. We wanted to write songs for black voices. — Mike Stoller

I want to be the greatest actor that ever lived, frankly. I'd love that. But I don't need to be. I just want to be here. That's it. — Jim Carrey

I like shaped things. I like shape in things, and I do overshape things, it's true. — Jim Crace

Though it has no thought of keeping watch, it's not for naught that the scarecrow stands in the grain field. — Dogen

The heart must be kept tender and pliable; otherwise agnosticism converts to skepticism. In such a case, the value of apologetics is voided, for apologetics is aimed at persuading doubters, not at refuting the defiant. He who demands a kind of proof that the nature of the case renders impossible, is determined that no possible evidence shall convince him. — Edward John Carnell