Wit & Wisdom
From Joan Baez, Toni Morrison, David Burge, Bayard Rustin, Jacob Riis, Francis Bacon, Eudora Welty
“Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.”
Joan Baez, quoted in the Toronto Star
“Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly.”
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Toni Morrison, quoted in USAToday.com
“The value of an industry is inversely proportional to the number of awards it gives itself.”
Blogger David Burge, quoted in The Weekly Standard
“To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.”
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Civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin, quoted in PhillyMag.com
“Some defeats are only installments to victory.”
Social reformer Jacob Riis, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal
“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.”
Francis Bacon, quoted in the Monterey County, Calif., Herald
“Never think you’ve seen the last of anything.”
Eudora Welty, quoted in Vanity Fair
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