#ay

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#compromise #englishman #god #idea #know

Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning. ↗

— Albert J. Nock

#culture #forgetting #great #learning #many

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#cameroon #i #i always #left #lived

I used to just take every job that seemed relatively appealing. But now I take a job and it's in the trades the next day - it feels like people are watching and waiting to see what you do, and when you do take a job, attention is noted. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#attention #day #every #feels #i

The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#important thing #something #special #staying #thing

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#always #books #counselors #disinterested #hand

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#arthur #arthur ashe #ashe #athlete #been

It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#feel #friends #group #guys #helped

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#day #does #every #every day #helped

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day. ↗

— Alex Noble

#am #been #day #essence #good