1760 Quotes

#1. The idea of sovereignty current in the English speaking world of the 1760's was scarcely more than a century old. It had first emerged during the English Civil War, in the early 1640's, and had been established as a canon of Whig political thought in the Revolution of 1688.

Bernard Bailyn

#2. People rich enough to redecorate every 10 months are certainly careless with antique furniture. I found four 1760 French side chairs, tapestry seats intact. Claiming them proved easier than persuading any cabdriver to transport the things.

Allan Gurganus

#3. that government is best which rules least," John Leland Baptist spokesman who knew Thomas Jefferson, circa 1760.

Robert G. Torbet

#4. Eve-"In the name of all that is holy ... It's 2060, not 1760. Can't they figure out a better way to handle this process?"
Roarke-"Amen

J.D. Robb

#5. The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants.

Helen Wills Moody

#6. I did a butterfly show in Berlin, and we had a guy who's an expert on butterflies; who bred them all and who looks after them all in the space.

Damien Hirst

#7. There's always been some moron-who usually went by the name of 'producer' - who would have to justify his existence, and interfere.

Frank Tashlin

#8. It is not possible to assert publicly that Monsanto is anything other than venal without being accused of being a sellout, a fraud, or worse.

Michael Specter

#9. Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

Jason Patric

#10. The day we find the perfect church, it becomes imperfect the moment we join it.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

#11. Man was appointed by God to have dominion over the beasts, and everything a man does to an animal is either a lawful exercise or a sacrilegious abuse of an authority by divine right.

C.S. Lewis

#12. The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

Christian Nestell Bovee

#13. I wasn't in the mood to play break-the-snake, but in front of me was a stand with a model of the ship, like a YOU ARE HERE display. I ripped the model off the pedestal and hurled it at the first dracaena. The boat smacked her in the face and she went down with the ship.

Rick Riordan

#14. The closer a husband is to God, the closer he will grow to his wife.

Jim George

#15. I've been going up and bombing everywhere. It's great. I love it. It's hilarious.

Hannibal Buress

#16. The sky, with a single star, would be dark and boring. A million stars in the firmament makes for something wondrous and bright.

Beem Weeks

#17. We shall understand why a Christian observes laws: For the peace of the world, out of gratitude to God, and for a good example that others may be attracted to the Gospel.

Martin Luther