“I'd rather support the issues I truly believe in than give my vote to parties that court votes at the time of the election. I like to think that my vote strengthens the green foundation stone.” ThinkingGivingBelievePartySupportIssuesStonesVoteElectionFoundationGreenCourt Author:Annie Lennox
“On Sharon Stone (Quick and the Dead): 'She was instrumental about me getting my first American job. Absolutely, without her support, it would not have happened. At the same time, however, was it really about me or her wanting to flex her producerial muscles? I don't want to sound ungallant about the situation. But I didn't find that in working with her, that we clicked on any other level.” WantFirstsJobsSoundLevelsSituationSupportHappenedStonesMusclesSharonAmerican Jobs Author:Russell Crowe
“So long as we see the stones and joints, and are not deceived as to the points of support in any piece of architecture, we may rather praise than regret the dexterous artifices which compel us to feel as if there were fibre in its shafts and life in its branches.” IfsFeelsMayLongSupportPiecesRegretStonesPraiseArchitectureBranchesDeceivedJointsArtifice Book:The seven lamps of architecture Source: The seven lamps of architecture
“When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jefferson. Only Wilson appears to be seriously fading, probably because his support for the World War I-era Sedition Act now seems outrageous; in this analogy, Woodrow is like the Doors and the Sedition Act is Oliver Stone.” WorldWarSeemsSupportFiveDoorsGreatnessStonesErasPresidentialWar Of The WorldsWorld War IPollsOutrageousFranklinAnalogiesArthurFadingWilson Book:Eating the Dinosaur Source: Eating the Dinosaur
“I don't know where "bro country" came from or what it really means, but a lot of those guys are my buddies and I support their music. Within country there are lots of styles: stone-cold country, like Brandy Clark, and there's Florida Georgia Line with what they do, which is completely different and bringing a whole new audience. There's room for everyone.” KnowsMeanDifferentCountryWholeGuyLinesRoomsMusicSupportAudienceStyleColdStonesFloridaBuddyReally MeanGeorgiaBrosBrandyStone Cold Author:Miranda Lambert
“Churchill decides from very early on that he will create a political position that is somehow above left and right, embodying the best points of both sides and thereby incarnating the will of the nation. He thinks of himself as a gigantic keystone in the arch, with all the lesser stones logically induced to support his position. He has a kind of semi-ideology to go with it - a leftish Toryism: imperialist, romantic, but on the side of the working man.” ThinkingMenKindPoliticalLeftNationsSidesSupportPositionStonesIdeologyBoth SidesArchesWorking ManLeft And RightKeystones Book:The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History Source: The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
“It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.” WholeEarthLyingNationsChristianitySupportBuildingBearsStonesWindowWeightGloriousUnseenDespisedGargoyles Author:John Owen