#dent

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are. ↗

— William Devane

#feeding #how #myth #politics #presidential

It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#incident #natural #our #pitiful #sex

There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth. ↗

— Paul Twitchell

#actual #dependent #feet #give #his

The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#any #compulsion #compulsive #down #impulse

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#discerning #high #high quality #identifying #implies

It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#beyond #exposure #good #had #hope

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#accidentally #day #enjoyed #ever #gin

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together. ↗

— John Dingell

#i #presidents #serve #since #together

I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#dad #husband #i #just #student

Pell Grants are, and have been, critically important tools in making higher education a possibility for lower- and middle-income students. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#critically #education #grants #higher #higher education