#all

My experience has been in a short 77 years that in the end when you fight for a desperate cause and have good reasons to fight, you usually win. ↗

— Edward Teller

#cause #desperate #end #experience #fight

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#after #approval #control #convinces #cookie

Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves. ↗

— William Temple

#arrows #back #believe #between #complaints

When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humored a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over. ↗

— William Temple

#best #care #child #done #falls

I'm really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago. ↗

— John Templeton

#back #centuries #century #convinced #descendants

I wouldn't call it radical; I would call it enthusiasm for progress. ↗

— John Templeton

#enthusiasm #i #progress #radical #would

I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#got #i #me #play #really

If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#call #cardinal #expense #sin #song

I never played with a runner in my entire life, even in schools, because only I know where the ball is going and how hard, when I hit the ball, something my runner will never know about. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#ball #because #entire #entire life #even

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#i #just #keep #merit #play