#ling

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. ↗

— Martin Henry Fischer

#knowledge #lies #piling #process #simplification

I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#build #countries #experience #forces #had

Sanity and clarity are more important for me and I'm willing to give up a lot of shimmer for it. I'm willing to have more boring friends, who are sane. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#clarity #friends #give #i #important

When we depress, we believe we are the victims of a feeling over which we have no control. ↗

— William Glasser

#control #depress #feeling #over #victims

It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life flowed at full tide, without responsibility, flashing past one like the drama in a fascinating story of adventure and romance. ↗

— Erich von Stroheim

#adventure #because #carefree #days #drama

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing. ↗

— Macy Gray

#change #famous #lot #records #selling

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. ↗

— Graham Greene

#away #careful #economy #housewife #like

I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time. ↗

— Isaac Hanson

#downloading #i #i think #industry #killing

The effort required by your endeavor now is not as hard as dealing with your regret later. ↗

— Mike Hawkins

#effort #endeavor #hard #later #now

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#childish #else #nice #pretending #profession