#lent

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#endings #excellent #express #happy #joint

There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#going #juice #keep #plenty

One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions. ↗

— Cornelia Otis Skinner

#draw #keep #learns #life #own

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. ↗

— Adam Smith

#benevolent #constitute #exercise #feel #human

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#corners #cup #dubious #employs #find

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#day #deal #effort #every #every day

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#intended #keep #line #nature #never

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. ↗

— Will Smith

#average #i #myself #never #particularly

Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#categories #expected #fit #fraudulent #into

Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art. ↗