#lit

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. ↗

— Len Deighton

#book #even #intention #politicians #professional

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. ↗

— Len Deighton

#because #called #lot #makes #mexico

Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent. ↗

— Vine Deloria, Jr.

#connects #does #equivalent #knowledge #link

I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation. ↗

— Brad Delp

#i #present #present situation #responsibility #situation

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#adopt #considerable #either #else #fads

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#armies #could #defeat #dozen #enabled

This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful. ↗

— Barry Diller

#made #painful #reality #reasons #too

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#american #as far as #chance #circumstances #deserves

I realize it's probably best to keep my politics to myself. ↗

— Shannen Doherty

#i #keep #myself #politics #probably

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#egalitarian #had #islam #power #principle