Freebooters Quotes

#1. Critics are a kind of freebooters in the republic of letters
who, like deer, goats and divers other graminivorous animals, gain subsistence by gorging upon buds and leaves of the young shrubs of the forest, thereby robbing them of their verdure, and retarding their progress to maturity.

Washington Irving

#2. Despotism alone can provide that atmosphere of secrecy which favors crooked dealing and enables the freebooters of finance to make illicit fortunes.

Alexis De Tocqueville

#3. By going on the defensive ... libertarians are, inadvertently, conceding that speech should be policed for propriety, and that those who violate standards set by the PC set are somehow defective on those grounds alone and deserve to be purged from "polite" company.

Ilana Mercer

#4. I didn't get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly.

Bob Uecker

#5. People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

Bob Marley

#6. Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

Simone Weil

#7. Whenever there is a catastrophe, some religious people inevitably ask, 'Why didn't God do something? Where was God when all those people died?'

Tony Campolo

#8. You can't let your heart go places it's not supposed to go.

Jennifer Laurens

#9. I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.

Twyla Tharp

#10. This was the night bus, not a Journey song. Two strangers were not on a midnight train going anywhere. I was going home, and he was probably going to knock over a liquor store.

Jenn Bennett

#11. You have given us a part in a story the bards will sing to our children's children.

Jacqueline Carey

#12. I understand that You maybe not want to be in my Dream, but its an Amazing place

Jan Jansen

#13. I want to make videos that, if I didn't know myself, I'd want to watch. As long as I'm making myself laugh, I'm usually having a good time. That's how I know I've made a video that I'm proud of: I've made myself laugh.

Grace Helbig