Morrisroe Torrance Quotes & Sayings

Sometimes we get so caught up in appearing smart that we become afraid to ask the question that will actually make us smart. — John Hawkins

And therefore, I said, Glaucon, musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who is rightly educated graceful, or of him who is ill-educated ungraceful; and also because he who has received this true education of the inner being will most shrewdly perceive omissions or faults in art and nature, and with a true taste, while he praises and rejoices over and receives into his soul the good, and becomes noble and good, he will justly blame and hate the bad, now in the days of his youth, even before he is able to know the reason why; and when reason comes he will recognize and salute the friend with whom his education has made him long familiar ...
... Thus much of music, which makes a fair ending; for what should be the end of music if not the love of beauty? — Plato

The only way to find out anything about what kinds of lives people led in any given period is to tunnel into their records and to let them speak for themselves. — John Dos Passos

I started very, very young to make movies - I was 21. And at the age of 27, 28, I'd done already three movies. — Bernardo Bertolucci

Gay people don't actually try to convert people. That's Jehovah's Witnesses you're thinking of. — Tina Fey

Before Dwayne entered his inner office, he read one of many comical signs which Francine had put up on the wall in order to amuse people, to remind them of what they so easily forgot: that people didn't have to be serious all the time. — Kurt Vonnegut

It's like, it doesn't honor God to pretend like everything is OK. That's the beauty of Jesus that so many people miss. The beauty is that he died on the cross for our sins, but also that he existed the way we exist. He understands what it's like to lose a friend. He's not unfamiliar with those emotions. He's not unfamiliar with the difficulty of human life. To me that's what makes Jesus as God beautiful. He totally understands. He went out of his way to prove to us that he understands our situation. So when he has something to say, it's not coming from this high and lofty standpoint. It's coming from this person who understands intricately the perils of human existence. — John Mark McMillan

A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to. — Carlo Collodi

Yes, I thought, everything changed with time. That was the problem, wasn't it? — Aimee Carter

It is your attachment that creates hell. — Rajneesh