“This heart is black
like blood that has dried”
Charlotte Wessels (1987) Dutch singer
Here Come the Vultures, The Human Contradiction (2014)
Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and The Struggle for the American Dream, Bruce Watson. Viking-Penguin, 2005; pg. 93.
“This heart is black
like blood that has dried”
Charlotte Wessels (1987) Dutch singer
Here Come the Vultures, The Human Contradiction (2014)
“So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon.”
Emo Philips (1956) American comedian
The Guardian - The best God joke ever - and it's mine! (September 1980)
Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister
Quoted in The Nazi Party 1919-1945: A Complete History, Dietrich Orlow, New York: NY, Enigma Books, 2012, p 61. Goebbels’ article, “Nationalsozialisten aus Berlin und aus dem Reich”, Voelkischer Beobachter, February 4, 1927
1920s
Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972) American mathematician
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“A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it effects [sic] his pocketbook”
Francis J. Grimké (1852–1937) American activist and minister
The Works of Francis J. Grimke (1942), edited by Carter Godwin Woodson, Associated publishers, Incorporated, vol III, page 75
Context: A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it effects [sic] his pocketbook; if he gives liberally to religion and benevolence, and gives willingly, his religion means something. But if he is mean, close-fisted, and when he gives gives grudgingly, not of a willing mind, never mind what his profession may be, however unctuously he may speak about religious matters, you may put it down that his religion is a sham, a mere pretense.
“Jolie laide = "pretty ugly"
Draws you to it… bored into heart and mind.”
Justina Chen (1968) American writer
Source: North of Beautiful