#most

In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most of the key questions in our world sooner or later demand answers to 'by how much?' rather than merely to 'in which direction?' ↗

— John Tuley

#asserting #belief #demand #description #direction

I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs. ↗

— Scott Walker

#because #been #believe #benefits #control

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. ↗

— Mark Twain

#cat #differences #lie #lives #most

Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#consolation #dismal #ears #even #hope

I grew up in New Hampshire. My closest neighbor was a mile away. The deer and the raccoons were my friends. So I would spend time walking through the woods, looking for the most beautiful tropical thing that can survive the winter in the woods in New Hampshire. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#beautiful #closest #deer #friends #grew

It's Niagara Falls. It's one of the most beautiful natural wonders in the world. Who wouldn't want to walk across it? ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#beautiful #falls #most #most beautiful #natural

To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#loves #most #pity #spirit #to love

I'm extremely happy, but I don't do love songs for the most part. It feels weird; that's such a personal thing to me. I'd rather live that in my real life and play a different character outside of that. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#different #extremely #feels #happy #i

I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#being #connection #constant #continuity #countries

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. ↗

— John Updike

#american life #consists #driving #hell #home