#ge

The only true forms of equality are equality at the Last Judgment and equality before a just court of law; all other attempts at levelling must lead, at best, to social stagnation. ↗

— Russel Kirk

#human-rights #judgement-day #law #equality

From today I am no longer a racing driver. I'm retired and I am very happy. ↗

— Jackie Stewart

#driver #happy #i #i am #longer

Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#bought #bound #boy #british #children

There are only two real ways to get ahead today - sell liquor or drink it. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#drink #get #liquor #only #real

But it's a strange thing when people judge you because you're not doing some big Hollywood film. Are you suggesting I should be in 'The Dukes of Hazzard?' I mean, hello? ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

#big #doing #dukes #film #hello

I want to be a matador in the bull market, but not so I can make a killing. Rather, I just want to wear flamboyant and form-fitting pants that emphasize my genitalia as I stroll down Wall Street. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#jarod-kintz #matador #provocative #strange #funny

I think everything I do is my early work. I can't wait to get on to the later stuff. ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

#early work #everything #get #i #i do

Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again. ↗

— Matthew Fox

#eight #get #having #high #how

I figure that that has a ten year cycle. At the end of that ten years, I began to get worried that I would run into what is known as the writer's block, the feeling of not being able to do these things. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#began #being #block #cycle #end

There are all sorts of experiences we can't really put a name to...The birth of a child, for one. Or the death of a parent. Falling in love. Words are like nets--we hope they'll cover what we mean, but we know they can't possibly hold that much joy, grief, or wonder. Finding God is like that, too. If it's happened to you, you know what it feels like. But try to describe it to someone else--and language only takes you so far. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#change