Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism…

The failure of both Congress and state legislatures to respond to the murder of George Floyd with any meaningful action reminds us that our…

— Chesa Boudin

He who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state and wishes to have it accepted, must at least retain the semblance…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It [my vocal] didn't sound like what I wanted to hear; the vibrato isn't what I liked anymore. So I got myself to an…

— Joan Baez

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake,…

— Albert Einstein

The high notes always hard to hit. I mean, one has to understand how high notes even happen. The vocal cords have to vibrate…

— Jessye Norman

We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which…

— William Henry Ashley

Before the coming of Jesus Christ, men fled away from God and, being attached to the earth, refused to unite themselves to their Creator.…

— Alphonsus Liguori

The first measn by which He draws is affinity, that affinity which brings creatures of the same species together, and like to its like.…

— Meister Eckhart

Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are…

— Renee Fleming

Once I had kids, my whole attitude changed. I was like, "You make a spinal cord from scratch and we'll talk."

— Pat Benatar

The deep secret of the brain is that not only the spinal cord but the entire central nervous system works this way: internally generated…

— David Eagleman

When your spinal cord freezes up, you're vulnerable to everything. But he [Chrestopher Reese] was tough as nails. And he kept a great, kind…

— Robin Williams

Crying is really bad for your vocal cords.

— Adele

Human passions unbridled by morality and religion...would break the stronges cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net.

— John Adams

I was born dead. Yeah, the umbilical cord was like, floppy baby, the whole thing. Yeah, it was bad.

— Charlie Sheen