#matters

The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him. ↗

— Crystal Eastman

#average #average man #carefully #cheerful #crumbs

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#cannot #either #large #matters #ones

It's not the destination that matters. It's the change of scene. ↗

— Brian Eno

#destination #matters #scene

In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all. ↗

— Alan Watts

#becomes #certain #clings #faith #fanatic

At a time when the GOP is playing games with the debt limit, a member of the Supreme Court is refusing to recuse himself from matters he has a financial interest in, and middle class incomes are stagnant, many want to change the subject. I don't. This was a prank, and a silly one. I'm focused on my work. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#class #court #debt #debt limit #financial

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. ↗

— Robert Hall

#conscience #first #last #matters #prudence

Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#gift #honours #important #lacking #lavished

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#allies #ally #been #concern #global

It has been the way of Rotary to focus thought upon matters in which members are in agreement, rather than upon matters in which they are in disagreement. ↗

— Paul Harris

#been #disagreement #focus #matters #members

I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters. ↗

— P. J. Harvey

#enjoy #i #matters #more #obviously