#lit

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s? ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#generous #how #less #politics #possible

Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#personality #reflection #style #your

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#books #expect #i #immortality #only

I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them. ↗

— Jim Balsillie

#behind #buy #i #people #personalities

As we've gotten more successful, there's a gap between the speed of our publishing pipeline and the speed of our receiving submissions pipeline. Our pipeline of leaks has been increasing exponentially as our profile rises, and our ability to publish is increasing linearly. ↗

— Julian Assange

#been #between #exponentially #gap #gotten

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#differences #direct #direct proportion #friends #irritating

For the sound we produce, everybody is equally important. Each of us has a very different personality and that is what keeps Bush alive. ↗

— Gavin Rossdale

#bush #different #each #equally #everybody

Metaphysical thinking will always no doubt be a strong element in her mentality, and it is to be hoped that she will never lose her great, her sovereign powers in that direction. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#direction #doubt #element #great #her

Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it is presumably the much larger part, is silence. ↗

— George Steiner

#language #larger #meaningfully #much #only

Badminton is not popular in the U.S. because I think the mentality of badminton has to change. ↗

— Howard Bach

#because #change #i #i think #mentality