#elves

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. ↗

— Stephen Hawking

#how #intelligent #intelligent life #into #life

War is not the quintessential emergency in which man has to prove himself, as my generation learned at its school desks in the days of the Kaiser; rather, peace is the emergency in which we all have to prove ourselves. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#desks #emergency #generation #himself #learned

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth. That means the boys. And after you've been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime. ↗

— George Herman

#ball #ball game #baseball #baseball game #been

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ↗

— Edmund Hillary

#mountain #ourselves

They should hold themselves absolutely upon the immovable foundation of truth and nature, whereby alone they can save themselves from misapprehensions and from the danger of being entirely carried away from reality into mere dreams and fictions. ↗

— Ethan A. Hitchcock

#alone #away #being #carried #danger

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#does #helps #merely #people #propaganda

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves. ↗

— J. A. Jance

#about #also #assured #become #being

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish. ↗

— Sam Walton

#accomplish #amazing #believe #boost #go

I really believe that in this industry women have to be very true to themselves about what they're comfortable with. ↗

— Keira Knightley

#believe #comfortable #i #industry #really

The last thing I heard before falling asleep was, "Everything is okay now." No matter how much I wanted to believe Stellan, I knew he was terribly wrong. ↗

— Markelle Grabo

#elves #love #wrong #love