#iving

It is true that I miss intelligent companionship, but there are so few with whom I can share the things that mean so much to me that I have learned to contain myself. It is enough that I am surrounded with beauty... ↗

— Jon Krakauer

#beauty

A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I lose all sense of the past. ↗

— Kenneth Tynan

#city #i #i am #immediacy #living

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#begin #believe #entire #entire life #having

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want. ↗

— Frank Butler

#get #giving #indeed #joy #pleasure

Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS by giving money to television preachers? ↗

— Elayne Boosler

#could #get #giving #great #money

We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the ears of the audience, then took the measurements back to MIT and analyzed them. ↗

— Amar Bose

#angles #arriving #audience #back #boston

Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#close #easy #explained #face #game

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

#fellow #fool #happiest #healthy #living

Living most of the time in a world created mostly in one's head, does not make for an easy passage in the real world. ↗

— Sydney Brenner

#does #easy #head #living #make

Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

#economy #enthusiasm #entire #five #great