#mo

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time. ↗

— Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

#black holes #concepts #construction #elements #holes

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#always #been #down #heads #heads down

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China. ↗

— Iris Chang

#also #child-bearing #china #country #epidemic

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. ↗

— Carol Channing

#applause #duty #important #laughter #more

At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general. ↗

— Jung Chang

#became #fifteen #general #grandmother

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China. ↗

— Jung Chang

#been #between #china #chinese #constant

Whenever we have excess, giving should be our natural response. It should be the automatic decision, the obvious thing to do in light of Scripture and human need. ↗

— Randy Alcorn

#giving #greed #need #scripture #sharing

These things have a life of there own and never existed when I was growing up certainly worrying when one would get made. It's kind of amazing how that one movie kept living through all these years. ↗

— Stockard Channing

#certainly #existed #get #growing #growing up

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#arts #british #council #give #how

When I first learned to drive and I bought petrol I went to great lengths to trickle the final drops into the petrol tank so it cost a round amount of money like £10. Now I try and spend £19.87 or £20.04 or some other amount that I hope will disturb the cashier’s sense of neatness and uniformity. ↗

— Helen Smith

#money