#elation

If children understand that beliefs should be substantiated with evidence, as opposed to tradition, authority, revelation or faith, they will automatically work out for themselves that they are atheists. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#authority #automatically #beliefs #children #evidence

So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#actually #bad #because #comfortable #day

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy. ↗

— Harry A. Blackmun

#constitution #heart #her #his #home

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#conflict #even #novels #relationships #suspense

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#day-to-day #day-to-day life #describing #draw #experiences

God didn’t design your life so you would constantly fall down, but he does hope that you will be brought to your knees. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#cancer #divorce #dying #god #grief

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#higher #philosophy #revelation #than #wisdom

I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#been #each #falls #girl #gone

You have to stick out the toughness of the business and form relationships with the people in it. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#form #out #people #relationships #stick

I have very little faith that I'll ever find someone. I've had some bad luck and I've made some bad choices - not in men, but in how I've chosen to deal with relationships. ↗

— Selma Blair

#bad choices #bad luck #choices #chosen #deal