#lis

Some care is needed in using Descartes' argument. "I think, therefore I am" says rather more than is strictly certain. It might seem as though we are quite sure of being the same person to-day as we were yesterday, and this is no doubt true in some sense. But the real Self is as hard to arrive at as the real table, and does not seem to have that absolute, convincing certainty that belongs to particular experiences. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#continuity #descartes #existence #existentialism #experience

Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#go #list #nature #open #sky

You know, as somebody who writes op-eds and appears on the television, I appreciate as well as anybody that... there is a limit to what that accomplishes. ↗

— John Bolton

#anybody #appears #appreciate #i #know

For years I've kept a list of dream projects. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#i #kept #list #projects #years

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#argument #congressman #essentially #idea #industry

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it. ↗

— Edward Bond

#explore #further #i #job #moment

The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment. ↗

— Edward Bond

#acquired #bores #empire #english #punishment

My son is not wild about going back to Iraq, but he'd sure rather do that than sacrifice all that he and his fellow soldiers have accomplished by leaving too early and inviting chaos. ↗

— Kit Bond

#accomplished #back #chaos #early #fellow

Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover. ↗

— Giotto di Bondone

#dreams #feelings #heart #lover #our dreams

Dennis the Menace was probably the most realistic comic book ever done. No space aliens ever invaded! ↗

— Gilbert Hernandez

#comic #comic book #dennis #done #ever