#ding

Character is long-standing habit. ↗

— Plutarch

#habit #long-standing

Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#nature #received #recipient #whatever

New York is very career-orientated and it's hard to take time off here, but that is great for building a business. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#business #great #hard #here #new

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#citizen #day #depression #every #every day

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. ↗

— George Orwell

#lose #quickest #quickest way #war #way

I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding. ↗

— Flavius Josephus

#both #brother #brought #father #great

For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive. ↗

— Fanny Burney

#acquaintance #alive #comes #confess #finding

I like those crisis moments - if you're on top of it and don't get pulled under by panic and fear, it's a very bonding thing. ↗

— Bill Pullman

#crisis #fear #get #i #like

My feet never touched the ground. Lots of good groups with crazy and unique images. It was wild. I spent all of my time doing gigs, TV appearances, interviews, or recording. I could write a book - and probably will. ↗

— Suzi Quatro

#book #could #crazy #doing #feet

Performing doesn't turn me on. It's an egomaniac business, filled with prima donnas - including this one. ↗

— Dan Rather

#donnas #egomaniac #filled #including #me