#ken

While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#faster #hand #home #only #reader

I awake with a not entirely sickened knowledge that I am merely young again and in a funny way at peace, an observer who is aware of time's chariot, aware that some metamorphosis has occurred. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

#am #awake #aware #chariot #entirely

A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#chisel #grows #marble #sculptor #stricken

When justice has spoken, humanity must have its turn. ↗

— Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

#justice #must #spoken #turn

I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career. ↗

— Sergei Bubka

#best #best time #career #experience #former

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#may #mistaken #pebbles #rough #sometimes

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. ↗

— Buddha

#battles #better #cannot #conquer #demons

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#depends #finds #first #lives #our

Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#calculated #higher #order #preserve #risks

I very much like Kenya. It's hard to beat the Masai Mara and the idea of ballooning across it. I have a great time at Lewa. There's more rhinos than you'll find anywhere. A great part for the children is you can ride horses with the giraffes and the zebra. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#anywhere #beat #children #find #giraffes