#ate

There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again. ↗

— Rudolf Bing

#any #comes #curtain #disaster #down

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity ↗

— Sun-Tzu

#strategy #art

like a soulmate he's your penguin ↗

— Christina Perri

#love #penguin #song-lyrics #soulmates #love

...a great man. But...not quite great enough. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#great-men #not-good-enough #the-sad-truth #unfortunate #men

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul? ↗

— Socrates

#philosophy #socrates #truth #wisdom #money

I just realized my lips are inside out. They should be turned inwards, because I spend most of my time talking to myself. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#communication #inside-out #introvert #lips #lunatic

First of all it has never been the case that I have threatened people with expulsion or that I've threatened to throw people out of the Parliamentary Labour Party. ↗

— Ron Davies

#case #expulsion #first #first of all #i

CODE: Cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Tanakh (JPS, Genesis 3:17) DECODED: Blessed is He that discerneth secrets. Talmud (Berakoth 58a) ↗

— H.W. Charles

#money #moneymaking #secrets #wealth #wealth-accumulation

do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat ↗

— Sun Tzu

#strategy #war #art

Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. ↗

— Antonio Gaudi

#collaborate #creator #laws #look #nature