Lieber Quotes & Sayings

Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for very evil purposes. — Francis Lieber

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which has its object the support and diffusion of religion — Francis Lieber

I had wanted life not to bother me too much, and had succeeded - and how pitiful that was. — Julian Barnes

I have body hang-ups - but I work the best of what I've got. — Nikki Sanderson

I wasn't athletic and had no desire to work out, so I watched what I ate. Correction: I ate what I wanted and felt guilty about it later. — Megan Miranda

Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves. — Mason Cooley

But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music. — Adam Jones

I sometimes compare my brainstorming on paper to the drilling of oil wells. The only way to strike oil is to drill a lot of wells. — Tom Monaghan

Germans Francis Grund, and Francis Lieber, and the Pole Adam G. de Gurowski all wrote about the striking social equality they found in America, the absence of differences in status. They all noted the American obsession with work and the restless quest for the "almighty dollar."18 — Alexis De Tocqueville

My first three movies, I didn't start editing until we were finished shooting. That's unthinkable to me now. — Steven Soderbergh

Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro? — John Thorn

The law is not known, since there is nothing in it to know. We come across it only through its action, and it acts only through its sentence and its execution. It is not distinguishable from the application. We know it only through its imprint on our heart and our flesh: we are guilty, necessarily guilty. Guilt is like the moral thread which duplicates the thread of time. — Gilles Deleuze

Who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow,
than another day?
(-The Avett Brothers, "Swept Away") — Colleen Hoover

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast,
and you miss all you are traveling for. — Louis L'Amour

Society ends up with the adults it deserves. It's just a little more obvious nowadays. — Ake Edwardson

We seek abroad what is missing in our own lives, what we hunger for in vain at home. (Alain de Botton) — Scott Driscoll

These things were in the past now, many long years ago, though the memory remained as solid and present as his heartbeats. Time's passage had made the events seem almost crazed, hyper-real, stretched across a surreal dreamscape that felt more like a skjald's embellished saga than the intact past. Perhaps it had not happened like that. Perhaps the Lion had taken his Stormbirds to the Tyrant's fortress, and he himself had teleported in. Perhaps it had not been Ogvai there, but Gunn, or someone else. Had Bjorn been there too? It was a long time ago, so doubtful, but Bjorn seemed to always have been there, right from the start, just waiting for his time to come to maturity. — Chris Wraight

Every single tune you know from the 1940s until the 1970s was written, arranged, and demoed in the Brill Building. OK, maybe not every song, but writers from Benny Goodman to Lieber & Stoller to Neil Diamond all kept offices there. — Shawn Amos

People have to be given the freedom to show the heart they possess. I think it's a leader's responsibility to provide that type of freedom. And I believe it can be done through relationships and family. Because if a team is a real family, it's members want to show you their hearts. — Mike Krzyzewski

Great truths always dwell a long time with small minorities, and the real voice of God is often that which rises above the masses, not that which follows them. — Francis Lieber

Spoiled children tend to have four primary things in common, though they don't all have to be present at once: They have few chores or other responsibilities, there aren't many rules that govern their behavior or schedules, parents and others lavish them with time and assistance, and they have a lot of material possessions. — Ron Lieber