#here

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #care #cool #due #further

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#already #classes #day #doing #feedback

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#about #anthropology #astronomy #fun #geology

I talked to members of my family, and did some personal research that didn't really have anything to do with the time and place I was writing about, but that gave me a feeling of the experience of being black in a time and place where it was very difficult to be black. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#anything #being #black #did #difficult

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#aristocratic #atmosphere #common #common sense #live

Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#being #believe #centre #confronted #damages

I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary. ↗

— David Byrne

#anyone #become #fit #i #place

I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election. ↗

— David Byrne

#card #election #eligible #federal #green

I've been in beautiful landscapes where one is tempted to whip out a camera and take a picture. I've learned to resist that. ↗

— David Byrne

#been #camera #i #landscapes #learned

What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content. ↗

— Gabriel Byrne

#big #big deal #content #days #deal