The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity to contest those accusations.
My goal in life is to get the federal government down to half its present size and under control, and then I can write murder mysteries.
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.
Martin Riggs: Maybe we'll stay alive long enough for me to buy you a present.
Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature.
And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.
As in geology, so in social institutions, we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.
If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology.
It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.
I think actors are at the mercy of the opportunities presented to them. So you kind of have to wait for them to choose you. My music is insular - I can choose that.
A lot of exercise is mindless; you can have music or the radio on and not be aware. But if you're aware in anything you do - and it doesn't have to be yoga - it changes you. Being present changes you.
Although we are being presented in Carnegie Hall, we have to furnish a budget for our guest stars, and for the music writing - which is a huge budget in any orchestra that plays popular music.
The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
WE ALMOST NEVER think of the present, and when we do, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future.
In scientific thinking are always present elements of poetry. Science and music requires a thought homogeneous.
Life is like a lit cigarette. The past is ashes, the present is burning, and the future is up in smoke. Fast as a breath; inhale exhale.
For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e’en the past enjoy.
I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your heart.
I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.
From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there's going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.
