#k

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#forward #greater #knowledge #search #step

I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#i #life #my life #now #read

Now, we put out a lot of carbon dioxide every year, over 26 billion tons. For each American, it's about 20 tons. For people in poor countries, it's less than one ton. It's an average of about five tons for everyone on the planet. And, somehow, we have to make changes that will bring that down to zero. ↗

— Bill Gates

#american #average #billion #bring #carbon

I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feels like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect. ↗

— Ava Gardner

#delightful #doing #duty #feels #floating

Today's difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#criminal #difference #else #everybody #everybody else

I believe that the brain has evolved over millions of years to be responsive to different kinds of content in the world. Language content, musical content, spatial content, numerical content, etc. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#brain #content #different #different kinds #etc

A lot of people feel very good about Mitt Romney and I think he's going to do a great job. ↗

— Donald Trump

#feel #going #good #great #great job

I'd rather see the United States as a beacon of good work and good citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#citizenship #educational #good #good work #i

It's a staggering transition for high school students that found they could study five hours a week and make As and Bs. ↗

— John Gardner

#could #five #found #high #high school

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy. ↗

— John Gardner

#devil #editors #exception #fight #incompetent