#iv

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critical #cut #destroys #dishonest #emotions

A really good detective never gets married. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#gets #good #married #never #really

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#already #elegance #escaped #future #just

I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D. ↗

— Iris Chang

#doctorate #equivalent #honorary #i #maybe

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces. ↗

— Iris Chang

#economic #economic forces #forces #media #often

I believe passionately that everyone has a particular God-given ability. ↗

— Prince Charles

#believe #everyone #god-given #i #i believe

The marginal people on the trading desks, there's no skill set. If they don't trade derivatives, I don't know what they can do. The next stop is driving a cab. ↗

— James Chanos

#derivatives #desks #driving #i #know

I look much more civilized than I actually am. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#am #civilized #i #look #more

An external electric field, meeting it and passing through it, affects the negative as much as the positive quanta of the atom, and pushes the former to one side, and the latter in the other direction. ↗

— Johannes Stark

#atom #direction #electric #external #field

We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#beings #each #happiness #help #human