#hi

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting. ↗

— Kim Weston

#child prodigy #i #i tried #painting #prodigy

The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend. ↗

— Byron White

#amendment #protects #right #speak #spend

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#actually #around #because #boudoir #difficult

Because bread was so important, the laws governing its purity were strict and the punishment severe. A baker who cheated his customers could be fined £10 per loaf sold, or made to do a month's hard labor in prison. For a time, transportation to Australia was seriously considered for malfeasant bakers. This was a matter of real concern for bakers because every loaf of bread loses weight in baking through evaporation, so it is easy to blunder accidentally. For that reason, bakers sometimes provided a little extra- the famous baker's dozen. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#history #trivia #home

It was not something you could call friendship; it was at once less and more. The sharing of such experiences created a bond and set them apart from all others. It was not something that could be told to another person. There were no words with a meaning both could understand which would impart the physical horror or the heights and depths of emotion. ↗

— Anne Perry

#friendship #shared-experiences #death

Non-fiction can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies. ↗

— V.S. Naipaul

#writing-philosophy #inspirational

We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed. ↗

— William Whewell

#cannot #course #degree #external #external things

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise. ↗

— William Whewell

#combined #consequence #constantly #constitution #exercise

I think experience has shown that privateers have done more toward distressing the trade of our enemies, and furnishing these States with necessaries, than Continental Ships of the same force. ↗

— William Whipple

#distressing #done #experience #force #furnishing

Only nine States have been represented since my arrival 'till within three days. There are now Eleven States barely represented. This tardiness in the States or their Delegates, besides retarding the most important Business makes it exceeding fatiguing to those that do attend. ↗

— William Whipple

#attend #barely #been #besides #business