#be

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare. ↗

— Kenko Yoshida

#before #beyond #book #compare #converse

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#between #candidate #distinction #key #only

I've always been a movie guy, movies have been my thing. I love movies, all kinds of movies. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#been #guy #i #i love #kinds

If the Lord Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon Creation, I should have recommended something simpler. ↗

— Alfonso X

#before #consulted #creation #embarking #had

There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave. ↗

— George William Norris

#big #danger #much #nations #smaller

I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam. ↗

— Oliver North

#divided #i #i can #into #lieutenant

We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be. ↗

— Richard Adams

#fall #human #must #need #never

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#complains #defects #gentle #imperfect #imperfection

And I went through a lot of detours and I took a lot of roads and things so yes, that's all there, but it's not meant to be shocking or telltale. ↗

— Kim Novak

#i #lot #meant #meant to be #roads

If you've ever been in a position in your life where you just can't take any more, you just have to get through the next second, and the next second after that. ↗

— Michael Novak

#any #been #ever #get #just