#because

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#had #i #leisure #letter #long

Where I've arrived now is the product of mixing the very straight with the very exploratory; there's a fine line between the two, although it tends to be getting straighter and straighter because my songwriting is getting better. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#arrived #because #better #between #fine

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#anything #because #him #his #i

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#had #i #letter #longer #made

There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know him. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#call #god #heart #him #kinds

Little things console us because little things afflict us. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#because #console #little #little things #things

We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#consult #ear #heart #only #wanting

I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#clothes #enough #i #i love #i wish

The last time I was pulled over was in 2005. I was going 55 in a 35 mile per hour zone - which I don't understand because you can barely even idle at 35 miles per hour. Anyway, I was ordered to go to traffic school. It was an 8-hour class and really painful. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#barely #because #class #even #go

We don't do things we aren't good at by nature. I wouldn't play basketball because I'm only 5' 1". Find what you enjoy - whether it's racing, flying a helicopter, being a doctor, or stitching clothes together. Once you've done that, you have the passion you need. ↗

— Danica Patrick

#because #being #clothes #doctor #done