#col

It's despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It's despair that so few of us care. It's despair that there's so much brutality and callousness in the world. It's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they've won a lot of money. And then do what you've done to me. ↗

— John Fowles

#despair #john-fowles #love #obsession #the-collector

I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away. ↗

— Mac Davis

#back #been #colonel #elvis #first

It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS. ↗

— Bruce Davison

#aids #around #conflicting #dying #getting

There are some parts of the world that, once visited, get into your heart and won't go. For me, India is such a place. When I first visited, I was stunned by the richness of the land, by its lush beauty and exotic architecture, by its ability to overload the senses with the pure, concentrated intensity of its colors, smells, tastes, and sounds. It was as if all my life I had been seeing the world in black and white and, when brought face-to-face with India, experienced everything re-rendered in brilliant technicolor. ↗

— Keith Bellows

#heart #india #architecture

One should stay away from the demeaning professions: medicine, architecture, and teaching. Hospitals will make you feel sick, grandiose buildings small, schools stupid. White-collar condescension keeps the honest orders from staying true to the old ways of dirt and drink. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #jobs #professions #white-collar

I really missed going to college. I missed not having that education and that experience. ↗

— Brooklyn Decker

#education #experience #going #having #i

But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#great #importance #me #movement #observation

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream. ↗

— Michael Dell

#dream #even #framework #genius #graduate

I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#also #based #collective #devising #gave

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. ↗

— Arthur Goldberg

#columbus #committee #dock #had #probably