#lan

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language. ↗

— John Donne

#book #chapter #dies #into #language

So I come before you with a budget that is honest in its discussion of our challenges, creative in its possible solutions, compassionate in its commitment to our most vulnerable, and balanced on the bottom line. ↗

— James H. Douglas

#before #bottom #bottom line #budget #challenges

I'm showing some of my sculptures in Holland in the spring, so we'll see. ↗

— Alan Vega

#i #sculptures #see #showing #some

The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings. ↗

— Rita Dove

#cheerful #comes #curious #double #i

I just don't like big guys who speak cryptically and act like they understand the language better than me. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#better #big #big guys #guys #i

When I was a kid, if you didn't speak Irish, you really wanted to. And you played Gaelic games and you didn't pay any attention to what was happening in the outside world, because really, Ireland was the center of the universe. And I don't think that's the case anymore. Although, admittedly, it is the center of the universe. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#although #any #anymore #attention #because

Every moment has infinite potential. Every new moment contains for you possibilities that you can't possibly imagine. Every day is a blank page that you could fill with the most beautiful drawings. ↗

— John C. Parkin

#chance #new-chance #potential #beauty

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#degenerate #good #good intentions #hard #hard work

To die is landing on some distant shore. ↗

— John Dryden

#distant #landing #shore #some

People think celebrities don't have to worry about human things like sickness and death and rent. It's like you've traveled to this Land of Celebrity, this other country. They want you to tell about what you saw. ↗

— David Duchovny

#celebrities #celebrity #country #death #human