#fr

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#deepening #purpose #save #spirit

A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#adverse #between #directly #ending #front

I certainly believe that all of my friends should have the right, as Marc and I did, to marry their best friend. I certainly expect my straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for the children that, at least, Marc and I hope to have someday. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#all americans #believe #best #best friend #certainly

The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious authorities usurp the foundation of societal morality, in which all collective ethics of humankind must take a cause. This appalling blunder is comparable only to assigning the leper exclusive franchise to run beauty clinics in the society; this can only lead to cycles upon cycles of common infection syndrome. ↗

— Adebowale Ojowuro

#ethics-and-moral-philosophy #freethought #new-book #religion #scepticism

Nowadays the big Hollywood studios only make about three movies a year, and they cost about $200 million each. There's no room for error in that, and not a lot of room, I would think, for free expression. ↗

— Robbie Coltraine

#big #cost #each #error #expression

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#constant #enemy #friend #greatest #her

Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place I'm visiting. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#exercise #fresh #fresh air #get #golf

But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#body #bondage #even #exist #freedom

French was my first language. ↗

— Bob Cousy

#french #language

No one person can possibly combine all the elements supposed to make up what everyone means by friendship. ↗

— Francis Marion Crawford

#elements #everyone #friendship #make #make up