#aw

So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it. ↗

— James Dickey

#being #caused #destruction #human #human being

A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#am #awry #because #been #between

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#dawn #dwindled #morning #without #you

The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#counter #courts #decisions #form #law

People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#death #feet #freezes #got #hate

I had actually been going to Hawaii for quite a while before I ever picked up the uke. I think with anything new you're going to get more enjoyment out of it if it comes to you quickly, and the uke facilitates that. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#anything #been #before #comes #enjoyment

How often do the poor daydream of a better life? Plenty, no doubt, and where does it get them? It is the poor who begin with a daydream and realize at some point that they have to get up, roll their sleeves, and start doing something about those day dreams who succeed. And there are many who have. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-power #poverty #stephen-richards #wealth-creation #dreams

Which is why, in my lieder concerts, I always strove, when possible, to sing only the works of a single composer, so that the audience could be gradually drawn into a particular creative genius' way of thinking, and could follow him. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#audience #composer #concerts #could #creative

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#away #children #going #home #keeps

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#away #bottle #children #follow #keep