#fin

But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties. ↗

— Donald G. Mitchell

#disturbing #gentleness #great #means #refinement

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#comet #find #i #know #little

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two. ↗

— Moliere

#how #know #oh #thing #two

So, then you find yourself in a situation where you have to do things because they're on offer to you, because you don't have much self-respect left. You just can't say no, even to something that you've never done before. You just can't help yourself. ↗

— Brian Molko

#before #done #even #find #help

Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world. ↗

— Susan Lieberman

#confusing #confusion #counter #define #family

The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#being #best #came #cannot #come

The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#broadcasters #campaign #campaign finance #campaign finance reform #finance

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#find #future #hope #look #must

Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#define #dissension #everyone #starts #truth

If they tell the police, the police will find out she was driving, and her career will be put into hell. ↗

— Nicholas Mosley

#driving #find #hell #her #into