[John] Adams identified himself with the political theories of [James] Harrington, [John] Locke, and [Charles-Louis] Montesquieu, whose ideas of constitutionalism, he believed, were applicable to all peoples everywhere; they were his contribution to what he called "the divine science of politics. "
If I felt like a fish out of water in my family, I felt like a fish on Mars in Adam’s circle.
Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives. - John Adams
I will never sit down with Gerry Adams. . . he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In fact, Adams does sit down with the devil.
The camera would miss it all. A magnificent picture is never worth a thousand perfect words. Ansel Adams can be a great artist, but he can never be Shakespeare. His tools are too literal.
Adams first law of survival: Get even first.
By the time I got to college I had stopped reading books because I wanted to "be cool" and started reading books simply because I wanted to read them. I discovered heroes like Roth, King, Dahl, Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, TC Boyle, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, David Sedaris. These people weren't trying to "rebel against the literary establishment. " They were trying to write great, high-quality books that were as entertaining and moving as possible.
After [Tomas] Jefferson's defeat of [John] Adams in the presidential election of 1800, they didn't communicate with one another for more than a decade.
I would rather turn my head and cough than see any part of 'Patch Adams' again.
My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.
My work is my language and I don't discuss it very easily. It's difficult for me to verbalize my feelings, or to intellectualize my work. In fact, it used to annoy me when Ansel Adams and Paul Strand yak-yak-yakked about what photography meant, and I told them so.
I think I get some of my love of adult books that can be fun from Douglas Adams.
It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own work, and my earliest influences there were Stephen King, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Richard Adams.
By 1782 [John Adams] had come to feel for [Benjamin] Franklin "no other sentiments than Contempt or Abhorrence. "
I read the book with interest, but when Jackson was a candidate in 1828 for the Presidency, I opposed him and voted for Adams. I favored a protective tariff.
What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family. '
Every act of disobedience committed due to passion, its forgiveness is hoped for. Every act of disobedience committed due to arrogance, its forgiveness is not hoped for because the root of Satan’s disobedience was arrogance, whereas the root of Adam’s lapse was passion.
I have peanut M&M's up there. " "Not my style" "Raisinets. " "Feh. " "Sam Adams. " Thor narrowed his eyes. "Cold?" "Downright icy. " Thor crossed his arms over his chest and told him self he was not pouting like a five-year-old. "I want Milk Duds.
I don't know the American photographers as well, but I admit I love Ansel Adams. His landscapes are so crisp.
While the photos at the D. M. V. (New York) will still be taken in color, the engraving is done in grayscale, hence the Ansel Adams feel.
