#ect

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#ideal #imperfection #itself #may #perfect

It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#duller #earth #london #ours #rainy

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#becoming #beginning #being #giving #giving up

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#kids #learn #lessons #many #need

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a bar a private one, and the decision to sleep with the same man for $100 subject to criminal penalties? ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#criminal #criminal penalties #decision #issue #just

Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#divorced #essence #meaning #object #reference

The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#examples #familiar #material #may #objects

Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes a sect. ↗

— Edgar Quinet

#becomes #discovery #enriched #every #first

The heavy spacesuits are spectacular to look at but very hot. Putting one on was like going from chilly London winter weather to the Bahamas in just minutes. ↗

— Kathleen Quinlan

#chilly #going #heavy #hot #just

If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material. ↗

— Colin Quinn

#because #else #enjoy #everything #give