#he

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#copper #farther #get #going #improve

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we too may leave behind us - Letters that we ought to burn. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#burn #great #great men #leave #letters

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. ↗

— Thomas Hood

#all things #allow #contented #defence #down

Sarcasm is a Manchester trait. ↗

— Peter Hook

#sarcasm #trait

I'd rather believe in reincarnation than hell. The idea of an afterlife is much so more tolerable when returning is an option. ↗

— Deborah Feldman

#reincarnation #religion #religion

It's quite ironic I suppose, it's that thing about being in a group when you all start out as friends and then invariably end up hating each other. So I just thought they needed telling really, in case they were labouring under the apprehension that they were still friends. ↗

— Peter Hook

#apprehension #being #case #each #end

America stopped making vinyl and phased out the single but Germany held out and refused. Warner's never phased out vinyl in Germany. Now America imports it! ↗

— Peter Hook

#germany #held #imports #making #never

But then I quite enjoy when something goes wrong, because when I watch DJs that take it very seriously, it's nice when you make a mistake and laugh about it. ↗

— Peter Hook

#because #djs #enjoy #goes #i

I'd rather have ten people who are mad for it than ten thousand who aren't. ↗

— Peter Hook

#mad #people #rather #ten #than

The chemistry involved made everything Factory did quite special. ↗

— Peter Hook

#did #everything #factory #involved #made