#desi

Instead of hunting and gathering, instead of farming and harvesting in the area where we live, we are flying God’s fruits and vegetables around the planet, not eating foods designed for our terrain and climate. We are distributing, selling and consuming “fresh foods” (or so the package says) days and weeks after they have been harvested. ↗

— Celso Cukierkorn

#design

To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! ↗

— Denis Diderot

#attempt #complete #desire #destruction #end

It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#desirable #make #music #people

I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me. ↗

— Marlene Dietrich

#always #beautiful #big #bother #constantly

Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire. ↗

— William Blake

#cradle #desire #infant #murder #nurse

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it. ↗

— Omar N. Bradley

#ever #intangible #leadership #replace #therefore

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ↗

— William Blake

#breeds #delight #desires #energy #eternal

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained. ↗

— William Blake

#desires #enough #restrain #restrained #their

He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence. ↗

— William Blake

#breeds #desires #pestilence #who

The hardware manufacturers, game designers, cable companies and computer companies and, in fact, film studios are going to ensure that this thing marches on. They know that they are going to make an enormous amount of money from it. ↗

— Thomas Dolby

#cable #companies #computer #designers #enormous