#illu

The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science. ↗

— James Madison

#cannot #capacity #doubted #erudition #female

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. ↗

— John Major

#allegedly #come #complete #dancing #disillusionment

As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#figures #greatest #here #honors #humble

Okay, so, when I was a kid, definitely the drawings and the illustration. Then I stopped in sixth grade or so. And then I started again when I was in my twenties. I really didn't progress since then, so the way I draw is the way I drew in sixth grade. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#definitely #draw #drawings #drew #grade

I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner. ↗

— Steve Martin

#also #because #casual #childhood #circumstances

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#derive #fog #good #happiness #illuminating

I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler. ↗

— Perry Christie

#bowler #could #even #had #i

For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#freedom #illusion #longer #merely #posses

I never thought I'd make the pages of 'Sports Illustrated,' because I've always been skinny. ↗

— Carolyn Murphy

#because #been #i #illustrated #make

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. ↗

— James Patrick Murray

#anywhere #ball #baseball #curve #except