#dio

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#attempt #end #enterprises #great #level

Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old. ↗

— Wes Borland

#idiots #old #till #years

Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them. ↗

— David Bowie

#interesting #mediocrity #men #take #them

I've made over 25 studio albums, and I think probably I've made two real stinkers in my time, and some not-bad albums, and some really good albums. I'm proud of what I've done. In fact it's been a good ride. ↗

— David Bowie

#been #done #fact #good #i

Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use. ↗

— David Bowie

#england #english #media #nonexistent #radio

I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#god #i #knew #me #put

The only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#done #ever #i #microphone #news

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#greatest #insidious #liberty #meaning #men

If I am in love, many things about the world, not just the immediate object of my love, seem lovable. To say 'I love X' is somehow really to say 'X inspires love in me', and that love then attaches itself to objects other than X as well. The expansiveness of love is a natural means of ascent between levels. ↗

— Robin Waterfield

#diotima #plato #socrates #symposium #inspirational

There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. ↗

— David R. Brower

#calculations #different #different kinds #each #half-life