#ch

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person. ↗

— Alan Alda

#being #changed #listening #other #person

So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade. What other surprises was she concealing? ↗

— Tessa Dare

#character #beauty

Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip. ↗

— Gary Allan

#naughty #santa #save #trip

In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.' ↗

— Alan Alda

#american #chile #died #filming #frontiers

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#comparatively #creativity #easy #formulaic #generating

There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#admit #average #child #find #his

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. ↗

— Sholom Aleichem

#poor #pride #rich #swell #up

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction. ↗

— Sholom Aleichem

#comes #different #direction #each #man

In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it. ↗

— Ira Glass

#evidence #half-million #hear #i #know

I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#also #base #highest #i #i think