It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing—that’s the Lord’s test.
—Mahalia Jackson, 1966
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When a coward sees a man he can beat, he becomes hungry for a fight.
—Chinua Achebe, 1960Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.
—Hebrews, c. 60Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932The peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving peasant, outside the class system, is the first among the exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms.
—Frantz Fanon, 1961The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BCRevolution begins in putting on bright colors.
—Tennessee Williams, 1944All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the state.
—Albert Camus, 1951The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion to vice.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, c. 45 BCWhen man wanted to make a machine that would walk, he created the wheel, which does not resemble a leg.
—Guillaume Apollinaire, 1917Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742