#chan

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. ↗

— Peter De Vries

#again #alive #another #back #brings

Much of the mystery surrounding drug action can be cleared up by recognizing that drugs affect only the rate at which biologic functions proceed; they do not change the basic nature of existing processes or create new functions. ↗

— Robert Berkow

#medicine #change

Knowledge without application is simply knowledge. Applying the knowledge to one’s life is wisdom — and that is the ultimate virtue ↗

— Kasi Kaye Iliopoulos

#knowledge-of-the-self #knowledge-wisdom #lessons-in-life #lessons-learned #life

If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#change #common #cultures #different #different cultures

Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#back #becoming #body #breeding #bringing

Because you can always count on a book to stay the same . Everything changes when you least expect it, she replies, bitter. Families split apart, and nothing's forever. In books, you always know what's coming next. There are no surprises. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change

We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#american companies #bahrain #bse #capital #companies

We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet. ↗

— Steve King

#anyplace #born #chance #day #else

A bit o' bread's what I like from one year's end to the other; but men's stomachs are made so comical, they want a change--they do, I know, God help 'em. ↗

— George Eliot

#novelty #change

If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude anyone. ↗

— Jack Kingston

#argue #broaden #change #definition #exclude