#ay

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#better #carries #countries #enjoy #fortune

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#attempting #display #does #every #every man

I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#constantly #given #i #might #movies

Seven out of 10 Americans are one paycheck away from being homeless. ↗

— Pras Michel

#being #homeless #out #paycheck #seven

If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes. ↗

— Michelangelo

#beauty #day #end #eyes #flame

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. ↗

— Michelangelo

#always #desire #grant #i #i can

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. ↗

— Michelangelo

#accomplish #always #desire #i #i can

I don't like writing essays or theory. ↗

— Adrian Mitchell

#i #like #theory #writing

Britain, today, educates 4.8 million primary school children in Britain. And we educate five million primary school children around the developing world, at a cost of 2.5 per cent of what we spend on British children. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#britain #british #cent #children #cost

As long as I'm an hour away from a major airport, I can get to that job. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#away #get #hour #i #i can