#not

Humor is just another defense against the universe. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#against #another #defense #just #universe

Most smiles are started by another smile. ↗

— Frank A. Clark

#most #smile #smiles #started

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#his #lives #man #more #more power

There's nothing that you can say in the paper that should affect you. ↗

— Scott Brooks

#nothing #paper #say #should #you

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#means #nothing #sadder #standards #than

A meringue is really nothing but a foam. And what is a foam after all, but a big collection of bubbles? And what's a bubble? It's basically a very flimsy little latticework of proteins draped with water. We add sugar to this structure, which strengthens it. But things can, and do, go wrong. ↗

— Alton Brown

#after #basically #big #bubble #bubbles

Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford. ↗

— H. Rap Brown

#cannot #class #luxury #structures #we cannot

I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#come #general #give #happen #i

I adore art... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear. ↗

— Giuseppe Verdi

#alone #am #art #bear #emotion

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time. ↗

— Jacques Verges

#american government #asking #between #cannot #close