Quotes of Alfred Whitney Griswold - somelinesforyou

“ Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold

“ Could Hamlet have been written by a committee, or the Mona Lisa painted by a club? Could the New Testament have been composed as a conference report? Creative ideas do not spring from groups. They spring from individuals. The divine spark leaps from the finger of God to the finger of Adam. ”

- Alfred Whitney Griswold
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