“The demi-monde does not represent the crowd of courtesans, but the class of declassed women It is divided from that of honest women by public scandal, and divided from that of the courtesans by money.” DoeClassHonestCrowdsDividedScandalCourtesansHonest Woman Author:Marlene Dumas
“There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched.” PeopleHardStatesClassHonestConscienceIntentionManageBewitched Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The laboring people should unite and should protect themselves against all idlers. You can divide mankind into two classes: the laborers and the idlers, the supporters and the supported, the honest and the dishonest. Every man is dishonest who lives upon the unpaid labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. All laborers should be brothers.” PeopleIfsMenShouldTwoMatterClassMankindHonestBrotherProtectLaborEvery ManDividesThronesSupporterLaborersIdlers Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“When men have appreciated the countless differences which the exercise of that judgment must necessarily produce, when they have estimated the intrinsic fallibility of their reason, and the degree in which it is distorted by the will, when, above all, they have acquired that love of truth which a constant appeal to private judgment at last produces, they will never dream that guilt can be associated with an honest conclusion, or that one class of arguments should be stifled by authority.” MenShouldReasonDreamLastsDifferencesClassAtheismHonestProduceExerciseDegreesAuthorityJudgmentArgumentConstantGuiltPositive AtheismConclusionAppealsAppreciatedFallibility Book:History of the rise and influence of the spirit of rationalism in Europe Source: History of the rise and influence of the spirit of rationalism in Europe
“There are a lot of things that make players really good coaches. Whether you've played in the NBA or not, there are certain things you have to master and be really good at. They just have to be gifted in these areas. You've got to be competent. Secondly, you've got to be able to communicate. You can have a picture in your mind on how to score but if you can't communicate it, if you can't teach it, what good is it? You've got to be brutally honest and be a man of strong character and then you've got to have class. They've got to respect you.” IfsMenMindCharacterAbleCertainStrongClassTeachPlayerHonestMastersAreasCommunicateCoachesScoreNbaGiftedBe A ManCompetentStrong CharacterBrutally HonestGood Coaches Author:Avery Johnson
“I am an American citizen, first class. I don't have a bade that makes me an official good guy like you, but Im work just as honest for a living.” FirstsGuyClassHonestLike YouCitizensOfficialsGood GuyAmerican CitizensFirst Class Author:Lucky Luciano
“For members of the political class, the crucial question is always: how can we push out the frontier, how can we augment the government's dominion and plunder, with net gain to ourselves the exploiters who live not by honest production and voluntary exchange, but by fleecing those who do so?” GovernmentPoliticalClassHonestMembersGainsProductionsCrucialFrontiersDominionPlunder Author:Robert Higgs
“Undoubtedly, there are kids with intellectual deficiencies or neurological problems. But a lot of kids shunted into special education classes are deficient only in a willingness to conform to the school pattern.They are just honest, brave kids who say, "I just won't take that, and I don't believe in what you're doing." If you give them an alternative to the usual classroom, they break free of a lot of inhibitions and bad associations, and they begin to learn.” IfsGivingBelieveProblemKidsSchoolClassBreakSpecialHonestIntellectualBraveDon't BelievePatternsAlternativesWillingnessUsualAssociationClassroomConformBad AssDeficiencyInhibitionsSpecial Education Author:Seymour Papert
“Some of the things I liked in my years as a student in workshops: the occasional in-class prompt; discussions about what it means to be a writer in the world; professors who are brutally honest and encouraging at the same time (this is a tough one).” WorldYearsMeanClassHonestStudentsToughDiscussionProfessorsOccasionalWorkshopsPromptsBrutally Honest Author:Mary J. Miller
“[Ed Lauter] was an actor's actor. I love working with that class of actor. You know, they come in, they do it, no bullshit. There's no artifice, there's no fanciness, they're just honest and tough and direct.” KnowsActorsClassHonestToughDirectBullshitArtifice Author:Rob Lowe