#lever

Why is it that men reduce themselves to one-liners and bad movie quotes whenever they get into a fight?" said Parker. "Is there some kind of script they're supposed to follow when they get to this point? Or does the raging testosterone just shut down their higher brain functions? ↗

— Matt Forbeck

#humor #leverage #parker #men

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#always #cleverness #discovering #fuss #magical

You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#best #clever #condescension #humble #humility

To us — richer and cleverer than everyone else! ↗

— Scott Lynch

#rich #self-confidence #self-confidence

Make sure it is God's trumpet you are blowing- if it is only yours it won't wake the dead, it will simply disturb the neighbours. ↗

— W. Ian Thomas

#eye-opener #reminder #sharp #witty #witty

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings. ↗

— Scott Adams

#initiatives #key #knowledge #leverage #must

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. ↗

— Aristophanes

#clever #i #may #me #mind

TV - a clever contraction derived from the words Terrible Vaudeville. However, it is our latest medium - we call it a medium because nothing's well done. ↗

— Goodman Ace

#call #clever #contraction #derived #done

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#better #both #clever #craft #distraction

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. ↗

— Archimedes

#enough #fulcrum #give #give me #i