“The passion of self-aggrandizement is persistent but plastic; it will never disappear from a vigorous mind, but may become morally higher by attaching itself to a larger conception of what constitutes the self.”
Charles Horton Cooley
“Your thoughts have no identity. They obtain one, once you identify yourself with them.”
Philip T. M.
“Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.”
Colin Powell
“I don't need plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.”
Courtney Love
“Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.”
Claudia Lady Bird Johnson
“You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.”
Cate Blanchett
