#his

The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection. ↗

— Ludwig Bemelmans

#comes #constantly #creatures #existent #finding

... all that that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing. ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#historical-fiction

And yet we knew, for a certainty, that when first emissaries of Earth went walking among the planets, Earth's other sons would be dreaming not about such expeditions but about a piece of bread. ↗

— Stanisław Lem

#lem #planet #science #dreams

We didn't do anything wrong... Some are frustrated that we did it this way. ↗

— Rodney Alexander

#did #frustrated #his way #some #way

I'm a hopeless mother; a hopeless wife; I have to try harder. I'm just a pathetic case history, really. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#harder #history #hopeless #i #just

As far as a truly radical conscience, you have to take it as part of a larger thing, that it was sort of historical inevitability that with the coming of a leaguer society people would start to use drugs a lot more then they had before. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#before #coming #conscience #far #had

I don't believe man is a woman's natural enemy. Perhaps his lawyer is. ↗

— Shana Alexander

#enemy #his #i #lawyer #man

That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#another #buy #his #i #keeping

History develops, art stands still. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#develops #history #stands #still

I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#career #creates #early #friendships #him