Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it.
We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.
Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubts; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
Scott's Eastwood movie Snowden sounds fascinating. I want to see it because it's about deserting your country. . . for whatever reasons you have. Edward Snowden became famous for the wrong reasons, as Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger became famous for doing something spectacular.
I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.
