#latitude

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#hearing #people #platitude #repeated #simply

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#clear #first #improve #knowledge #longer

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego. ↗

— John Cheever

#excellent #good #greater #hundred #latitude

I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminated with a kind of mock sunset. This in a short time disappeared, to be soon succeeded by another similar in character, but more faint. ↗

— George Grey

#brilliantly #character #constantly #disappeared #eastern

People are using GPS systems to find millions of little hidden objects throughout the world - often as simple as a piece of Tupperware hidden in the woods. You go to a website, you get the latitude and longitude to get the specific location of a certain specific hiding space, and then you go there and see if you can find it. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#find #get #go #hidden #hiding

The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#contemplation #institution #introspection #national #place

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#courage #his #man #platitudes #successful

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#good #kin #life #makes #modern

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#orchestration #platitudes

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#acting #boring #come #everyone #find