#bj

The German national character is a favorite subject of character experts, probably because the less mature a nation, the more she is an object of criticism and not of history. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#character #criticism #experts #favorite #german

During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively. ↗

— Brian Koslow

#anything #during #leave #more #negotiation

I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States. ↗

— Kyle MacLachlan

#done #graham #i #make #matter

I have often talked with angels on this subject, and they have invariably declared that in heaven they are unable to divide the Divine into three, because they know and perceive that the Divine is One and this One is in the Lord. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

#because #declared #divide #divine #heaven

What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics #culture

In fact any experiment that measures a quantum effect is one in which the quantum effect is aligned with the behavior of some heavy, macroscopic object; that's how we measure it. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#any #behavior #effect #experiment #fact

It becomes us, therefore, to be contented, and dutiful subjects. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

#contented #dutiful #subjects #therefore #us

I have been insane on the subject of moneymaking all my life. ↗

— Cornelius Vanderbilt

#i #insane #life #moneymaking #my life

Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#chiefly #governed #indians #our #relations

Do not talk a little on many subjects, but much on a few. ↗