#che

That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer. ↗

— Peter Bichsel

#observer #secondary #teacher #writer

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bent #cherished #danger #denial #doubt

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#bigot #entertain #obstinately #opinion #who

Right now, too many women who reach retirement age find themselves widowed or single, relying on their Social Security check for over half of their income. ↗

— Judy Biggert

#check #find #half #income #many

We all approached doing a sequel with great trepidation and skepticism. ↗

— Jason Biggs

#doing #great #sequel #skepticism #trepidation

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#man #sum #sum total #total #wretchedness

But you've reached them, and I've always wanted to reach people. I'm the first one to say I love my fans because they love that I took a chance. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#because #chance #fans #first #i

Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#again #agreed #anywhere #bad #christy

Quello ch'io avrei voluto era morire in mezzo a estranei, sotto un cielo sgombro di nuvole. E nondimeno il mio desiderio differiva dai sentimenti dell'antico greco che ambiva morire nel Sole brillante. Quello ch'io avrei voluto era un suicidio natural, spontaneo; una morte simile a quella del volpacchiotto, non ancora ben pratico di astuzie, che va errando sbadatamente su un viottolo montano ed è colpito dal cacciatore a causa della sua stupidità. ↗

— Yukio Mishima

#nature

I don't learn so good, no matter how good the teacher is. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#how #i #learn #matter #teacher