#hem

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#either #inherent #means #pain #pleasure

I like my hands. Which is lucky as I have to spend all day looking at them on the handlebars. ↗

— David Millar

#day #hands #i #like #looking

In fact cycling has always been 'saved' by judicial investigations and not by the anti-doping controls we put in place. That's the harsh truth. We have relied on them to clean the sport up. ↗

— David Millar

#been #clean #controls #cycling #fact

The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves. ↗

— Alice Miller

#children #defend #fact #less #mistreat

Well, all the plays that I was trying to write were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#away #could #emotion #grab #i

What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see into themselves at all. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#asylum #country #drift #innocent #insane

People want athletes to cater to their image of what an athlete should be, but they also want them to fail so they can feel like their screwups are all right. If I make a priority shift, I'll make it because it's best for me. ↗

— Bode Miller

#athlete #athletes #because #best #cater

My team has been very unreceptive about the fact that I consistently show them that I train slightly differently than they do, that I consistently show them that I am in better shape for ski racing than anyone else on the team. ↗

— Bode Miller

#am #anyone #been #better #consistently

I think most things I read on the Internet and in newspapers are propaganda. Everyone from the 'New York Times' to Rupert Murdoch has a point of view and is putting forth their own propaganda. They're stuck with the facts as they are, but the way they interpret and frame them is wildly different. ↗

— Frank Miller

#everyone #facts #forth #frame #i

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#bad #because #detest #go #i