#comment

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing ↗

— Thucydides

#social-commentary #inspirational

In London, nobody comments on what you wear - they think that's not important to you or your state of well-being. ↗

— Steven Berkoff

#important #london #nobody #state #think

The tenor of the comments as we got closer and closer to August got dominated by 'Wouldja please get this over with' and not let us go into default. ↗

— Nan Hayworth

#closer #comments #default #dominated #get

Well, I don't know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because I'm no real philosopher in the sense of knowing what these people have said in any detail so let me not comment on that too much. ↗

— Roger Penrose

#because #comment #detail #hegel #i

In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively. ↗

— James Schuyler

#apt #author #because #comment #consider

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#commentary #humor #less #more #reflect

Observing and commenting, it is a piece of cake. Experiencing and sharing, that is a piece of work. ↗

— Toba Beta

#easy #experience #greatness #observe #share

And pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked. ↗

— Jane Austen

#commentary #humor #snark #humor

It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#racial-politics #social-commentary #political-philosophy

I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me. ↗

— Matt Groening

#humor #language #satire #simpsons #social-commentary