Words
This is my 100th post on CopyrightBro, so I wanted to do something a little bit special to mark the occasion. For those who may be wondering how this website was named, let me offer a brief explanation. I’m 23 years old, a recent college graduate, and a man; someone who fits those identifiers can be known colloquially as a “bro”. The “copyright” part of the name originates from the premise of the site: it’s a place where I can publish writing, photos, and other pieces of intellectual property for which I possess the copyrights. Also, if you move the “©” symbol to the end of the word “bro”, it spells “Broc” — clever, I know.
In any case, it should be obvious to anyone looking at this site that, despite my sometimes unperfect grammar and the occasional typi, I find words to be extremely important; they make effective communication possible, and sharing ideas is an essential aspect of the human experience. Therefore, I decided that for my 100th post, I wanted to share a collection of words that mean a lot to me. What follows is a small collection of quotes that I’ve found particularly profound, quotes which have influenced the way I perceive the world, quotes which have shaped the decisions I’ve made; hopefully you’ll find reading these words to be as exciting as I found the process of curating them (a process which is ongoing — this page will be updated). Without further ado:
No man is such a craven that the influence of love cannot inspire him with a courage that makes him equal to the bravest born.
— Plato
Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth; sooner or later, that debt is paid.
— Valery Legasov
It ain’t about how fast I get there, ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side, it’s the climb.
— Miley Cyrus
Rocky Top, you’ll always be home sweet home to me, good ole Rocky Top, Rocky Top, Tennessee
— The Osborne Brothers
What does it say about the world we live in, if an adult man is told how and whom he should love?
— Unknown
Here's to the crazy ones. […]
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
— Rob Siltanen
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
— John F. Kennedy
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
— Mark Twain (or not?)
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
— C. S. Lewis
And you understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars, and why I’ve spent my whole life trying to put it into words
— Taylor Swift
What unites people?
Armies? Gold? Flags?
Stories. There’s nothing in the world more powerful than a good story. Nothing can stop it. No enemy can defeat it.
— Tyrion Lannister
The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted, it belongs to the brave.
— Ronald Reagan
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.
— Ulysses S. Grant
While we have our eyes on the future,
History has its eyes on us.— Amanda Gorman
“Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic”
— J. K. Rowling