I have always been on the side of the heretics, against those who burned them, because the heretics so often turned out to be right....Dead, but right.
Edward R. Murrow
Related The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those wh... DAVID CAMERON "A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow EDWARD R. MURROW Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought. YEVGENY ZAMYATIN The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER The senator cleared his throat, uncomfortable. This was probably new to him—the sensation of being... JENN MARIE THORNE All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today. E.Y. HARBURG Heretics are the only [bitter] remedy against the entropy of human thought. ("Literature, Revol... YEVGENY ZAMYATIN People in life should not judge other people whoever they are whatever they do there religion or cre... GARY F EVANS... It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life. J.R.R. TOLKIEN Though he walked and breathed, and about him living leaves and flowers were stirred by the same cool... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies... ALEISTER CROWLEY I'm delighted to carry on in the tradition of the great reporters like Edward R. Murrow, Ernie P... AL MADRIGAL Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of ... ALBERT EINSTEIN ILLUMINATI, n. A sect of Spanish heretics of the latter part of the sixteenth century; so called bec... AMBROSE BIERCE I think all the heretics I have known have been virtuous men. They have the virtue of fortitude, or ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Hail to you gods, on that day of the great reckoning. Behold me, I have come to you, without sin, wi... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD When you've been burned your always going to have your hand on the pull cord...the right one makes y... SHANE PENDLEY If we have no heretics we must invent them, for heresy is essential to health and growth. YEVGENY ZAMYATIN Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they
were truly religious men because of... SIR HUMPHREY DAVY Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The men who followed Him were unique in their generation. They turned the world upside down because ... BILLY GRAHAM Most people would think if you're the prime news anchor, then you should sort of be this Edward ... DON LEMON You take after Bilbo,' said Gandalf. 'There is more about you than meets the eye, as I said of him l... J.R.R. TOLKIEN First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II You are wise and fearless and fair, Lady Galadriel,' said Frodo. 'I will give you the One Ring, if y... J.R.R. TOLKIEN In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Frodo gave a cry, and there he was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm's edge. But Gollum, dancing l... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Smeagol,' said Gollum suddenly and clearly, opening his eyes wide and staring at Frodo with a strang... J.R.R. TOLKIEN And for the team, I always tried to do the right thing. STEVE YZERMAN I have the right to remain violente. Everything I say can and will be used against you. EMINEM Let go! Gollum,' he said. 'This is Sting. You have seen it before once upon a time. Let go, or you'l... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. WARREN BENNIS The world is wrong side up. It needs to be turned upside down in order to be right side up. BILLY SUNDAY When I finally saw the surface of the water, the course turned out to be right on, MARK REBHOLZ Most of our executives make very sound decisions. The trouble is many of them have turned out not t... DONALD BULLOCK The conscience of the world is so guilty that it always assumes that people who investigate heresies... ALEISTER CROWLEY But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic id... CHINUA ACHEBE We don't want this argument to be obscured by those who would suggest that anyone who is for more an... DAVID KEENE I wasn't trying to stall, but I wanted to make sure we were in the right place against the zone. It ... GINGER FORD The world is kept alive only by heretics: the heretic Christ, the heretic Copernicus, the heretic To... YEVGENY ZAMYATIN Pastor Bates was a careful reader of theology, literature and history. He delighted especially in Gi... SCOTT M. MORRIS The great march of metal destruction will go on. Everything will be denied. Everything will become a... G.K. CHESTERTON This authority stood steady as the cathedral itself. The building was raised once and for all, and f... ANDRé BJERKE Where two principles really do meet which cannot be reconciled with one another, then each man decla... LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress. GELETT BURGESS I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, an... KOOL MOE DEE Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT The kind of stillness of being nothing, and doing things from that emptiness, make one strong. SHASHI I made the choice to have the double mastectomy, and for me it felt like the right choice, and it tu... AMY ROBACH I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think. BILL ACKMAN Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA The case of the general talk of "progress" is, indeed, an extreme one. As enunciated today, "progres... G.K. CHESTERTON I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas ... CHINUA ACHEBE It turned out that the sources that had been very good on other things were just wrong on this one, ... BONNIE FULLER The question Whether one generation of men has a right to bind another, seems never to have been sta... THOMAS JEFFERSON Senator, in everything I said about Iraq, I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong. GEORGE GALLOWAY Doing what's right is seldom easy. JANICE HARDY Doing whats right is never easy ... You think you're right, but you lose track of what you were tryi... JANICE HARDY Everybody would like to be remembered, the catch is do you want to be remembered for all the wrong r... GARY F EVANS... I feel like I'm always on the right side of wrong and trying to shout out for the underdog. KATHERINE RYAN Many times, the right man gets outnumbered by false and wrong people while the other true and honest... APURVA GAGLANI If you have the will to accumulate knowledge it has to be used in the way it was intended to be used... GARY F EVANS... Do not withhold good . . . when it is in your power to do it. RACHEL HAUCK You can't make other people do "right."
All you can do is "right" yourself, and
sometimes even that'... BILLY C LEE Knowing "Attitude is Everything" is just right, but understanding what the right attitude is truly i... ANUJ SOMANY Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. JAMES A. FROUDE Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
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SOUTHWELL I started to wear the sunglasses all the time at school, hiding behind them... I'd walk down the... R. KELLY I'm very responsible. And with ability you have to have responsibility. I'm not perfect. But... R. KELLY Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies. R. KELLY I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to me... R. KELLY Well, I believe that the depth of your struggle can determine the height of your success. I was insp... R. KELLY My greatest competition is, well, me. R. KELLY I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a l... R. KELLY It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily. R. PALMER I don't really know the story of the Pied Piper. I don't read stories, first of all. I just ... R. KELLY For every quote, there is one that challenges it. R. 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KELLY You're younger, you might want to go to clubs and kick it, but as you get older, you start seein... R. KELLY Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood phot... R. KELLY In my community, mental health isn't taken seriously enough. Therapy is replaced by prayer. Tears ar... FRIDA R. Day drinking with a broken heart is like selling loose Cuban cigars like Newports, tryna... FRIDA R. As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. I... R. KELLY Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you m... R ZACCHARIAS 'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I... R. KELLY I've called myself the Pied Piper, I've called myself the Weatherman, I've called myself... R. KELLY I belive I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky. R. KELLY I am not a traditionalist, questioning the social condition of the society. To achieve this, I use V... GOPAKUMAR R I wouldn't mind dying - it's the business of having to stay dead that scares the shit out of me. R. GEIS When I met Michael Jordan on a basketball court at an athletic club - we hooped together in Chicago ... R. KELLY If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it. R. KELLY I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are... R. KELLY I have Marvin Gaye's driver's license. His wife sent it to me, because she really loved my &... R. KELLY