#city

For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam’s front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters? And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#aspiration #common-sense #creation #deity #divinity

You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#occams-razor #simplicity-imagination #imagination

The test of someone’s authenticity is to wait until they think you’re not looking, then check the tag under their collar. ↗

— Bauvard

#fashion #funny #humor #funny

Isabelle snorted, "All the boys are guy. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon." "You noticed," said Simon. "I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual," added Magnus. "Please never say those words in front of my parents," said Alec. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#bisexual #cassandra-clare #city-of-lost-souls #funny #gay

Jace snorted so loudly that she turned on him with a frown. He wiggled his mud-caked fingers at her. His nails were black crescents. "Filthy inside and out. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-ashes #humor #jace #mortal-instruments #humor

The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding. ↗

— John Updike

#new-york-city #humor

If we are going to the Silent City, you might want to get dressed. I mean, I appreciate the bra-and-panties look, but I don't know if the Silent Brothers will. There are only a few of them left, and I don't want them to die of excitement. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-fallen-angels #humor #jace #humor

Electricity is really just organized lighting ↗

— George Carlin

#electricity #freedom #humor #lightning #perspective

I am in complete alignment with my thinking with this statement by F. F. Bruce: 'Whether our approach is theological or historical, it does matter whether the New Testament documents are reliable or not'." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#f-f-bruce #historical #r-alan-woods #theological #r-alan-woods

Pittsburgh was even more vital, more creative, more hungry for culture than New York. Pittsburgh was the birthplace of my writing. ↗

— Willa Cather

#pittsburgh #willa-cather #new-york-city