Nothing is more noble than politeness, and nothing more ridiculous than ceremony. – Proverb
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Of course, behaviorism works. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviorist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public. – W. H. Auden
If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. Theyre soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part. – Hannah More
I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what youve done and more and more refine an existing performance. – Jerry Harrison
Those who knew Lincoln described him as an extraordinarily funny man. Humor was an essential aspect of his temperament. He laughed, he explained, so he did not weep. – Doris Kearns Goodwin
