#ex

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#complex #culture #transmitted

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#average #being #culture #does #exist

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#enthusiasm #excitement #inspiration #motivation #pinch

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#best #blame #effort #excuse #journey

While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#experiencing #fear #focusing #happiness #hate

If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#difficult #difficult people #experience #kids #people

Resume: a written exaggeration of only the good things a person has done in the past, as well as a wish list of the qualities a person would like to have. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#exaggeration #good #good things #in the past #like

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#goes #instrument #learning #life #like

One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune. ↗

— Lew Wallace

#fortune #good #good fortune #moment #more

Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

#every #every time #explanation #looking #machiavelli