#mat

Technologies of easy travel "give us wings; they annihilate the toil and dust of pilgrimage; they spiritualize travel! Transition being so facile, what can be any man’s inducement to tarry in one spot? Why, therefore, should he build a more cumbrous habitation than can readily be carried off with him? Why should he make himself a prisoner for life in brick, and stone, and old worm-eaten timber, when he may just as easily dwell, in one sense, nowhere,—in a better sense, wherever the fit and beautiful shall offer him a home? ↗

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

#possessions #technology #travel #beauty

I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be number two no matter where he goes. It's like Avis. 'We try harder.' That's Dwight. ↗

— Rainn Wilson

#being #desire #dwight #goes #harder

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape. ↗

— Jack Henry Abbott

#because #dragged #escape #guards #i

If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. ↗

— Red Adair

#expensive #hire #job #professional #think

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action. ↗

— Felix Adler

#animating #comforting #past #speaks #stirring

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#also #calculated #mathematically #quality #stupid

If left-wing extremism continues to flourish in parts which have natural resources of minerals, the climate for investment would certainly be affected. ↗

— Anil Agarwal

#certainly #climate #continues #extremism #flourish

Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever. ↗

— Edward Albert

#best #doing #every #forever #let us

I think Chappelle set the bar when he came out with his show. To be as great as him or greater you have to push it a little further - as long as there's substance in terms of the material. ↗

— Aries Spears

#came #further #great #greater #him

What we do and say and show really matters. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#really #say #show