#met

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us. ↗

— Paul Valery

#capital #discovery #folly #inborn #metaphor

This is something no one in the world has ever done. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#ever #something #world

I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

#anger #been #closer #god #him

Suppose something would happen to the president, who would be in charge? The Vice President. Joe Biden? You have got to be kidding today when you say the Taliban's not our enemy. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#enemy #got #happen #joe #kidding

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#back #climbed #comes #gradually #heights

As for when to reform the yuan, there is no timetable yet. ↗

— Wu Yi

#timetable #yet #yuan

The 70's hair with the long on the sides, just doesn't look good coming down the sides of the helmet. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#down #good #hair #helmet #just

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it. ↗

— Emile Zola

#claim #photographed #seen #something #until

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#because #divorce #going #i #i am

The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same. ↗

— Charles Mengel Allen

#board #human #more #motives #same