#at

The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#decline #i #imagine #judged #made

Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#bear #beast #begets #come #constitutes

What a man has made himself he will be; his state is the result of his past life, and his heaven or hell is in himself. ↗

— Catherine Crowe

#hell #hell is #himself #his #life

I really feel sorry for people who are, who divide their whole life up into 'things that I like' and 'things that I must do.' You're only here for a short time, mate. Learn to like it. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#feel #here #i #into #learn

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#cannot #defeat #destined #i #those

The cooperation of navies from around the world promises high tactical value for the ships, aircraft, and divers involved; while demonstrating international resolve in defending maritime security against potential threats. ↗

— John C. Stennis

#aircraft #around #cooperation #defending #demonstrating

Why do we need another station where everyone has a gun? We already have BET. ↗

— Greg Giraldo

#another #bet #everyone #gun #need

I have no idea why one of our most original filmmakers would want to spend two years of his life translating someone else's movie from Spanish into English. And it wasn't such a good film in Spanish, either. ↗

— Joel Siegel

#else #english #film #filmmakers #good

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#greek #illiterate #like #looking #man

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#chinese #civilisation #principle #systematic #wild