#elf

She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself. ↗

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. ↗

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#am #ancestors #cultural #derive #feeling

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#behind #certain #certain point #did #glad

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs. ↗

— Joan Didion

#life #own #responsibility #self-respect #source

Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#duty #only #people #secure #social

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#gloomy #go #grief #him #himself

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. ↗