We hear the world governments talking about peace but we know each government is busy secretly making weapons capable of destroying the entire planet (Paul Bamikole)
Willmore: There is no sinner like a young saint
Willmore: There is no sinner like a young saint (Aphra Behn, The Rover)
Sigh”?”Eye roll – Colleen Hoover, November 9
Sigh”?”Eye roll – Colleen Hoover, November 9
It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities
It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities (Craig D. Lounsbrough)
Worldly ambition inhibits true learning. Ask me. I know. A young man in a hurry is nearly uneducable: He knows what he wants and where he’s headed; when it comes to looking back or entertaining heretical thoughts, he has neither the time nor the inclination. All that counts is that he is going somewhere. Only as ambition wanes does education become a possibility
Worldly ambition inhibits true learning. Ask me. I know. A young man in a hurry is nearly uneducable: He knows what he wants and where he’s headed; when it comes to looking back or entertaining heretical thoughts, he has neither the time nor the inclination. All that counts is that he is going somewhere. Only as ambition wanes does education become a possibility (Andrew J. Bacevich, Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War)
The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas and all we’ve been producing is footnotes
The job of intellectuals is to come up with ideas and all we’ve been producing is footnotes. (Theodore H. White)
As your faith is strengthened, you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will and that you will flow with them to your great delight and benefit
As your faith is strengthened, you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will and that you will flow with them to your great delight and benefit. (Emmanuel Teney)
It takes a day to fall in love and a lifetime to forget
It takes a day to fall in love and a lifetime to forget (Chris Nicolaisen, The Life and Death of the Ericsons)
We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there’s humanity everywhere, and that’s what I’m trying to do
We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there’s humanity everywhere, and that’s what I’m trying to do (Mira Nair)
Barbecue is an incredibly democratic food. It’s cheaper than McDonald’s in many places and far more delicious. On the other hand, the only reason it can be that cheap is they use commodity hogs, the worst of the worst, which is – you know, it’s an industry kind of ruining North Carolina
Barbecue is an incredibly democratic food. It’s cheaper than McDonald’s in many places and far more delicious. On the other hand, the only reason it can be that cheap is they use commodity hogs, the worst of the worst, which is – you know, it’s an industry kind of ruining North Carolina (Michael Pollan)