#col

It is good for a student to be poor. Getting and spending, the typical American college student lays waste his powers. Work and contemplation don't mix, and university days ought to be days of contemplation. ↗

— Russell Kirk

#college #contemplation #education #university #work

In 1971, after seven years in college, with that magic piece of paper clutched triumphantly in my fist, the best job I was able to get was night watchman on a sewer project in Babylon, N.Y. guarding a hole in the ground to prevent anyone from stealing it. God bless the American educational system! ↗

— Spider Robinson

#education #education

For a lack of education, a child's future may hold no fortune. ↗

— Dennis E. Adonis

#children #college #education #fail #failures

The people got daily worse from the cold and the bad water, and they must all have perished if they had not discovered the port about the time they did. ↗

— Junipero Serra

#bad #cold #daily #did #discovered

If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be. ↗

— Chloe Sevigny

#classic #colour #danger #did #discovered

And friends of mine that had photography class in high school would develop the film and make prints and I'd take them back to the track and give 'em away or try and sell them. Much to my parents' dismay, I majored in photography in college. ↗

— John Sexton

#back #class #college #develop #dismay

Amelie said, “I won’t be your servant in Morganville. Nor should you be mine. Equals.” She offered her hand to him, and he looked down at it, clearly taken aback. But he took it. “Now defend what is ours, my partner.” He grinned … grinned! … and whirled to meet Myrnin in midleap as Myrnin attacked. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#eve-rosser #funny #ghost-town #humor #michael-glass

So when you're cold From the inside out And don't know what to do, Remember love and friendship, And warmth will come to you. ↗

— Stephen Cosgrove

#friendship #lesson #friendship

A good relationship is a two-way street, gatita. Submitting and serving is equaled by a master’s need to take control, to protect, to make someone happy. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#erotica #to-command-and-collar #equality

If God didn't make men equal, Samuel Colt did. ↗

— COLT

#equal #equality #god #gun #guns