#los

Material wealth can be bad for your health. Because when you’re in the soil it’ll make your blood boil, that you couldn’t keep it all for your self. ↗

— Benny Bellamacina

#lifestyle #philosophy #wisdom #life

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#because #biographies #closer #conduct #conductors

One of the things I've observed since I was a kid, is that if you work on something long enough you'll find I, even if you're lost for a while you'll find it. ↗

— Chris Wedge

#even #find #i #kid #long

But we will lose the millions of records being created daily in a dizzying array of electronic forms unless we find a way to preserve and keep them accessible indefinitely. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#array #being #created #daily #dizzying

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.' ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#being #cannot #china #close #contemplation

One of the things I give Nancy Pelosi a lot of credit for is that she's able to get things passed and hold her members together because she shows us that she's doing everything possible to get our views into these bills. ↗

— Peter Welch

#because #bills #credit #doing #everything

…¿por qué será que todos los que están por encima de la media en filosofía, política, poesía o en las artes parecen ser melancólicos, y hasta cierto punto están incluso amenazados por enfermedades como la bilis negra? ↗

— Aristotle

#art

I never lost a freestyle race. Never. Not even in the YMCA. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#freestyle #i #lost #never #race

I'm not even close to those guys, but I don't think anyone loves the game more than me. ↗

— David Wells

#close #even #game #guys #i

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#loser #path #resistance