#less

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#becomes #interesting #less #money #more

To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#birds #hours #imitating #kindly #man

I never pursued a career relentlessly. ↗

— Armand Assante

#i #never #pursued #relentlessly

The news comes somewhat late, but I'm glad to hear it nevertheless. ↗

— Malcolm Campbell

#glad #hear #i #late #nevertheless

After each war there is a little less democracy to save. ↗

— Brooks Atkinson

#democracy #each #less #little #save

The problem that we have with a victim mentality is that we forget to see the blessings of the day. Because of this, our spirit is poisoned instead of nourished. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#blessings #gratitude #spiritual-growth #victim-mentality #experience

Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves. ↗

— Edward Bach

#assured #best #contains #development #evolution

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#adultery #another #caught #could #evil

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#else #love #makes #nothing #sense

It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime. ↗

— Lee Atwater

#country #deadly #decay #dime #eye