#mira

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#another #our #ourselves #polite #recognition

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#does #figurehead #part #talking #thinking

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married. ↗

— Katharine Hepburn

#ahead #get #get married #give #go

There are no miracles in agricultural production. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#miracles #production

A grandchild is a miracle, but a renewed relationship with your own children is even a greater one. ↗

— T. Berry Brazelton

#children #even #greater #miracle #own

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#complete #creature #get #her #manipulative

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#believe #easy #just #miracle

One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel. ↗

— James Buchan

#admirable #british #features #foreign #novelists

The lot of the bride to be wed before bed desired until rotten. The lot of the author to be read before bed admired then forgotten. ↗

— Roman Payne

#authors #brides #desire #funny #humor

Everyone doesn't have to do everything," she told me. "People forget you can also express yourself by what you choose to admire and support. I've had so much pleasure from beautiful and challenging things created by other people, things I could never make or do. I wouldn't trade that for anything. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#inspirational #beauty