#ible

It was that time of the century when the idea of a gentleman had almost become myth. The Great War had concussed the world. The unbearable news of sixteen million deaths rolled off the great metal drums of the newspapers. Europe was a crucible of bones. ↗

— Colum McCann

#death

If nature has taught us anything it is that the impossible is probable ↗

— Ilyas Kassam

#impossibility #impossible #maths #nature #possibility

By the way, if you get mad at your Mac laptop and wonder who designed this demonic device, notice the manufacturer's icon on top: an apple with a bite out of it. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#apple #apple-computer-inc #bible #catholicism #christianity

By Hays' reasoning, penetrating a rectum with a penis is a violation of how God meant humans to function. However, penetrating a human body with a sword, a common way to kill people in biblical times, is acceptable. Apparently human bodies were designed to be penetrated by metal implements, but not by flesh. ↗

— Hector Avalos

#bible #christianity #christianity-and-homosexuality #god #homophobia

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you. ↗

— Tennessee Williams

#call #called #future #important #important thing

Do you know, a horrible thing has happened to me. I have begun to doubt Tennyson. ↗

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

#do you know #doubt #happened #horrible #i

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. ↗

— John Heywood

#impossible #nothing #nothing is impossible #willing

So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the possibility of action, all knowledge comes to one labeled "file and forget," and I can neither file nor forget. Nor will certain ideas forget me; they keep filing away at my lethargy, my complacency. Why should I be the one to dream this nightmare? ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#nightmare #torture #why #write #dreams

And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy. But there was now no man to whom AC might give the answer of the last question. No matter. The answer--by demonstration--would take care of that, too. For another timeless interval, AC thought how best to do this. Carefully, AC organized the program. The consciousness of AC encompassed all of what had been a Universe and brooded over what was now Chaos. Step by step, it must be done. And AC said, "LET THERE BE LIGHT!" And there was light-- ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#dreams

Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible. ↗

— Edwin Land

#impossible #manifestly #nearly #project #undertake