#anti

An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#collapse #day #his #lazy #most

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#american #impressive #less #quantitatively #satisfying

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. ↗

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

#about #became #charlie #famous #feeling

I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day - I'm interested in energy, I'm interested in the climate bill and technology policy. ↗

— Charles F. Bass

#am #because #bill #climate #contribution

I think everyone dreams of that nice romantic wedding. ↗

— Lance Bass

#everyone #i #i think #nice #romantic

I'm a hopeless romantic. ↗

— Lance Bass

#hopeless romantic #i #romantic

At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#any #cup #effects #everyone #further

Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults, a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#faults #favorite #gigantic #hide #more

You know, I've always thought that it would be really funny if somebody made a romantic comedy where absolutely everything went well from beginning to end. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#always #beginning #comedy #end #everything

I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#agency #back #concerned #congress #direction