#i

Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds? ↗

— Robert Browning

#deeds #fail #i #men #strive

Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. ↗

— Robert Browning

#ambitious #anxiety #birds #cage #chain

Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#novels #reader #stick #teeth

I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure. ↗

— Max Cannon

#around #i #just #messing #pleasure

We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union. ↗

— Guy Verhofstadt

#european union #heart #protectionism #union #want

It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#beauty

A burglar who respects his art always takes his time before taking anything else. ↗

— Henry Porter

#anything #art #before #burglar #else

I knew even if I'm a cowboy, I'm going to be involved in jazz in some way. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#even #going #i #involved #jazz

It's a bit odd that nobody seems to be using the correct technical term to describe organized Islamic terrorists. They are not a faction of a religion or a social movement. They are a cult. A suicide cult. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#correct #cult #describe #faction #islamic

It's easy to idealize someone that you don't know. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#idealize #know #someone #you