“You will find men like him in all of the world's religions. They know that we represent reason and science, and, however confident they may be in their beliefs, they fear that we will overthrow their gods. Not necessarily through any deliberate act, but in a subtler fashion. Science can destroy a religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistance of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.” KnowsMenWorldWellsMayReasonReligionBeliefFashionFollowersDeliberateFind MeZeus Book:Childhood’s End Source: Childhood’s End
“He thinks he is a flower to be looked at And when he pulls his frilly nylon pants right up tight He feels a dedicated follower of fashion. When a waiter at Buckingham Palace spilled soup on her dress: Never darken my Dior again!” ThinkingFeelsFashionFlowerDressesFollowersDedicatedPantsSoupPalacesWaiterDiorBuckingham PalaceNylon Author:Ray Davies
“If you look back in history of the women who are most memorable and most stylish, they were never the followers of fashion. They were the ones who were unique in their style, breakers of the rules. They were authentic, genuine, original. They were not following the trends.” IfsLooksFashionStyleUniqueOriginalsFollowingGenuineMemorableTrendsFollowersStylishMost Memorable Author:Nina Garcia
“When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.” MadeLiteratureStrongNumbersFashionWeakCowardFollowersCowardiceRespectable Book:The Passionate State of Mind Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“I'm not obsessively a follower of fashion in the way I used to be. But I still have all those magazines I bought at the time because I bought ones that felt a little timeless, more like books.” WayLittlesStillsBookUsedFeltFashionUsed To BeMagazinesFollowersTimeless Author:Tavi Gevinson
“The fact that there are now many entities that may have some loose affiliation with a former core Al Qaeda - or who have decided to fashion themselves as an affiliate or follower in the Al Qaeda jihadist tradition - as well as groups that are just inspired by the concept that they could also be the perpetrators of mass killing, means that there is a spectrum of threats.” WellsMayMeanFactsGroupsFashionMassConceptsTraditionDecidedThreatInspiredKillingCoreFormerAlsFollowersEntitySpectrumAl QaedaPerpetratorsAffiliation Author:Graham T. Allison