#bet

Better have failed in the high aim, as I, Than vulgarly in the low aim succeed As, God be thanked! I do not. ↗

— Robert Browning

#better #failed #god #high #i

The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#cannot #debate #feel #human #human life

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? ↗

— Buddha

#behavior #between #clinging #debris #each

I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#between #blooded #chris #friction #hot

The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#best #between #feel #get #gigs

No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style. ↗

— Steven Brust

#blades #cramp #his #how #knife

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#being #between #cross #i #i remember

There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say. ↗

— Martin Buber

#being #between #conflict #fellow-men #i

Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#clearly #husband #many #marriages #same

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#better #dead #discover #had #know