Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.


Thomas Browne

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Right around the end of the fifties, college students and young people in general, began to realize ...
JACKSON BROWNE
Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't ...
JACKSON BROWNE
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'l...
JACKSON BROWNE
I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will l...
JACKSON BROWNE
Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it...
JACKSON BROWNE
You know, bad people, I've never seen bad people have angels.
SYLVIA BROWNE
Forcing people to be generous isn't humanitarian, effective, compassionate or moral. Only acts t...
HARRY BROWNE
Men don't know enough about being courteous toward women. You should get into a cab before a wom...
THOM BROWNE
When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember...
JACKSON BROWNE
Don't confront me with my failures. I have not forgotten them.
JACKSON BROWNE
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? T...
HARRY BROWNE
Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're w...
HARRY BROWNE
When you know that you're capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the wor...
HARRY BROWNE
No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alo...
JACKSON BROWNE
The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do -- by yourself, upon your own initiative.
HARRY BROWNE
You don't need an explanation for everything, Recognize that there are such things as miracles -- ev...
HARRY BROWNE
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make ...
HARRY BROWNE
The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
MERRY BROWNE
You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to p...
HARRY BROWNE
You are where you are today because you've chosen to be there.
HARRY BROWNE
Everyone will experience the consequences of his own acts. If his act are right, he'll get good cons...
HARRY BROWNE
The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
MARY BROWNE
I'm not Amish, but I grew up in that same area of Pennsylvania and became very attracted to the ...
THOM BROWNE
The more painful it is, tragically, the more you do learn, though, that's the good part.
SYLVIA BROWNE
A ghost is someone who hasn't made it - in other words, who died, and they don't know they&#...
SYLVIA BROWNE
Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.
ANTHONY BROWNE
Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religiou...
HARRY BROWNE
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, mor...
HARRY BROWNE
I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work.
SYLVIA BROWNE
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of...
ANTHONY BROWNE
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a care...
HARRY BROWNE
Since Brooks Brothers is a 189-year-old company, there are plenty of references and inspirations I c...
THOM BROWNE
This is state of the art technology that will put us ahead of most other universities because most o...
ALICIA BROWNE
Although it's a new thing for the University, it is really very common.
ALICIA BROWNE
For students, it will seem like any other residence hall. They are going to be run by our department...
ALICIA BROWNE
The numbers are very good, but they didn't exceed what we expected.
ALICIA BROWNE
We expect to be able to accommodate all of the residents who want to remain in Palmer and any women ...
ALICIA BROWNE
I do think that the staff in a suite-style residence hall has to take into consideration that helpin...
ALICIA BROWNE
We have found that there is no one style of residence hall that is perfect for every student. That's...
ALICIA BROWNE
Based on past experience with Bryce Lawn, we should be able to accommodate the students who want to ...
ALICIA BROWNE
If you want to live with us, you'll have to have that in.
ALICIA BROWNE
Energy costs have increased all over campus since Hurricane Katrina. It affects not only our heating...
ALICIA BROWNE
Stories come to me in mysterious ways, more like dreams than reasoned creations.
ANTHONY BROWNE
A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, a...
HARRY BROWNE