#hen

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#along #carnegie #father #grandfather #large

Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve. ↗

— Karl Popper

#intended #neither #nor #only #possible

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence. ↗

— Herbert Read

#deeper #existence #experience #human #human existence

Right now I'm in 'Twilight' and I go around to signings and there are people screaming and crying, and it's so surreal. I know that when this is over in a month or two and whenever 'Twilight''s no longer relevant, that doesn't live on for me. It's because of this. It's not very often that this happens for people. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#because #crying #go #happens #i

I don't need company in the company of you. And I don't need love, 'Cause your love will do. And I've got you. And you've got me. And that's all we need. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #when-i-get-up #love

Hercules, huh? That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn, there he is. ↗

— Percy Jackson

#heroes-of-olympus #humor #mark-of-athena #percy-jackson #humor

That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing, but you end up famished after the last notes of the finale. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#funny #humor #humorous #humour #life

Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords. ↗

— David Remnick

#capitalism #far #henry #more #russia

I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt." [As quoted in Pol Neveux's introduction, Guy De Maupassant: A Study] ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#death #meteors #natural-phenomena #news #sensations

The gospel is not outward rituals and sacrifices, it is a living sacrifice. It is to have the laws of God written in our heart. It is to have a soft, listening, responding heart to God. ↗

— Leslie Ludy

#leslie-ludy #when-god-writes-your-love-story #love