#bette

Imagine a judicial nominee said 'my experience as a white man makes me better than a Latina woman.' Wouldn't they have to withdraw? New racism is no better than old racism. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#experience #imagine #judicial #latina #makes

After all, it is hard to master both life and work equally well. So if you are bound to fake one of them, it had better be life. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#better #both #bound #equally #fake

I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was. ↗

— James Brown

#brown #going #i #i think #ii

To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, you're better off with old ones. That is a fact of life and literature - and of the novel ever since it fell in love with love in the 18th century. ↗

— James Buchan

#better #better off #century #couple #ever

Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#becomes #bend #better #career #congress

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#crap #get #good #gradually #i

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#controversy #dispute #exact #gains #most

I felt confident at 24, but I am a better driver now. ↗

— Jenson Button

#better #confident #driver #felt #i

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. ↗

— Albert Camus

#better #chance #nothing

Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it. ↗