#fusion

If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#american people #brain #due #humor #infusion

These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#damn #doubts #fool #god #i

I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.' ↗

— Demetri Martin

#batteries #cause #confusion #foreigners #hard

He had always thought there was an answer to all life's mysteries in the stars, yet whenever he stared at them the answer slipped out of his grasp... But he had to think now, and he stared at the smoke-dimmed stars in the hope that they would help him, but all they did was go on shining. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#confusion #stars #life

To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get the wrong answer. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#confusion #love

To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have been a huge gift. ↗

— Janet Jackson

#confusion #permission #self-acceptance #love

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean? ↗

— Graeme Simsion

#love #relationships #the-rosie-project #love

Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems. ↗

— Rudolf Carnap

#confusion #extraction #ingredient #last #leaves

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. ↗

— John Ciardi

#convictions #could #courage #easy #enough

Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

#anchor #becomes #conflicts #confusion #conscience