#is

I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. ↗

— David Antin

#between #distinctions #i #i am #literate

I wanted to be an inventor, whatever I thought that meant then. I guess I was thinking of Edison or maybe James Watt. Or maybe even Newton. ↗

— David Antin

#even #guess #i #inventor #james

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners. ↗

— Ken Auletta

#biggest #biggest problem #corporate #cult #divide

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval. ↗

— David Antin

#autobiography #her #him #his #husband

While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht. ↗

— David Antin

#common #george #gives #i #i think

His struggle for a bare living left him no time to take advantage of the public evening school. In time he learned to read, to follow a conversation or lecture; but he never learned to write correctly; and his pronunciation remains extremely foreign to this day. ↗

— Mary Antin

#bare #conversation #correctly #day #evening

You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses. ↗

— Mary Antin

#children #did #down #examining #heard

You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose. ↗

— Mary Antin

#children #examined #heart #heavy #jewish

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes. ↗

— Antisthenes

#discover #first #mistakes #pay #pay attention

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#conquest #hard #impact #meanness #military