#erin

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good. ↗

— L. Sprague de Camp

#civilization #engineering #forces #good #long

Now I meet people with full-color Wolverine tattoos on their backs. Thank God I did okay, because I think if I hadn't, they'd spit on me in the street. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#because #did #god #hadn #i

But He Himself hath sealed your sufferings, and their thus saying condemns God, and His sealing condemns them. ↗

— Donald Cargill

#god #hath #himself #his #saying

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking. ↗

— William James

#altering #his #life #man #thinking

One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you. ↗

— John Carpenter

#always #attacking #career #copy #could

I think that where I've watched a movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it. ↗

— John le Carre

#been #committee #dread #go #i

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#commonly #considering #fatherless #fathers #general

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of curse it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#experience #grief #mourning #others #personal-experience

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball. ↗

— Tracy Austin

#carefully #driving #force #gotten #had

There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy. ↗

— John Baldacci

#arts #creative #design #economy #engineering