#less

I grew up painting and playing piano so when I was a little kid I thought I was going to be an artist or a painter but my mom had me taking piano lessons for about 10-12 years as a young kid. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#artist #going #grew #had #i

The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions. ↗

— Russell Simmons

#acceptable #changing #communities #concerning #conditions

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage. ↗

— David Simon

#actually #almost #best #contemporary #inclined

Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#behave #certain #changing #clouds #dances

I don't like fashion. It's very heartless. ↗

— Paul Simon

#heartless #i #like #very

It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished. ↗

— Paul Simon

#done #finished #i #importance #lot

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. ↗

— B. F. Skinner

#early #helpless #individual #society

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. ↗

— Walter Scott

#autumn #blossoms #borne #fruit #look

An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#execution #flawless #full #idea #mistakes

But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks. ↗