#com

My point is, there are a lot of people in the world. No one ever sees everything the same way you do; it just doesn't happen. So when you find one person who gets a couple of things, especially if they're important ones... you might as well hold on to them. You know? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#couples

One's not half of two; two are halves of one. ↗

— E.E. Cummings

#couples #couples

Asked about the fact that Apple's iTunes software for Windows computers was extremely popular, Jobs joked, 'It's like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#computers #itunes #mac #steve-jobs #windows

I’ll admit that my garden now grows hope in lavish profusion, leaving little room for anything else. I suppose it has squeezed out more practical plants like caution and common sense. Still, though, hope does not flourish in every garden, and I feel thankful it has taken root in mine. ↗

— Sharon Kay Penman

#hope #common-sense

1a) Never throw shit at an armed man. 1b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man. ↗

— Larry Niven

#common-sense

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#glenn-beck #common-sense

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense. ↗

— Tasha Alexander

#common-sense

Stay in the boat, I told myself, watching them walk up to the pavilion. I'll just stay in the boat. I won't go anywhere near that creature. But in spite of that wise warning, I climbed out of the boat. Fine, stretch your legs, I told myself. Just don't follow them. But of course, I followed them. You are without question your own worst enemy, I scolded myself, even as I tiptoed after them. ↗

— Merrie Haskell

#curiousity #common-sense

It is always tedious when someone tells you that if you don't stop crying, they will give you something to cry about, because if you are crying then you already have something to cry about, and so there is no reason for them to give you anything additional to cry about, thank you very much. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#witty-comments #witty

Talking to them was like being placed into conversational purgatory, with no hope of being released without significant damage to one's self-esteem. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#witty-comments #witty