#mans

One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humor #interesting #humor

Find what you are afraid of, face it, and then you won't be afraid of it anymore. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#fear #marilyn-manson #bravery

Humans: become atheists each and all! God will nevertheless welcome you with all his heart! ↗

— Giovanni Papini

#become #each #god #heart #his

If you look at casualties, you find countries that had much higher loss rates per capita than the US. Denmark comes to mind, the United Kingdom, they have suffered heavy losses at various points, the Germans as well. ↗

— David Petraeus

#casualties #comes #countries #denmark #find

I choose films for their artistic value. I don't need a mansion or a Jaguar. When I leave this Earth, I won't take any money with me. All I will leave behind will be my art. ↗

— Brad Renfro

#art #artistic #behind #choose #earth

There is something really mysterious about lions. They could rip you apart if they wanted to, but at the same time they look so cuddly. Can you imagine what humans look like to animals? They must think we're so weird. ↗

— Lee Ryan

#apart #could #cuddly #humans #imagine

There are probably more internet hate sites about me than Charles Manson. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#charles #hate #internet #manson #me

A book is worth a few francs; we Germans can afford to destroy those. We all may not appreciate artistic merit, but cash value is another matter. ↗

— Paul Scofield

#another #appreciate #artistic #book #cash

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature. ↗

— Gao Xingjian

#literature #observing #oneself #point #starting

One of the reasons there are so many terms for conditions of ice is that the mariners observing it were often trapped in it, and had nothing to do except look at it. ↗

— Alec Wilkinson

#jargon #sailing #seamanship #age