#not

We cannot comprehend what comprehends us. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#comprehend #comprehends #us #we cannot

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. ↗

— Scott Adams

#behind #better #defines #humans #irrational

I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: "What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me." ↗

— Joseph Addison

#away #cannot #charitable #epitaph #gave

So I'm not really quite sure what Landis' plans were to make another one. The American Werewolf in Paris was a completely separate story. ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#another #completely #i #landis #make

I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision. ↗

— Todd Akin

#decision #establishment #favourite #i #i may not

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#appear #center #children #complete #embraces

To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a man, a town, a building, or a wilderness. This quality is objective and precise, but it cannot be named. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#cannot #central #criterion #first #know

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#cannot #cognitive #contain #element #mental

Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that. ↗

— Ted Allen

#applause #approval #both #cooking #course

If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance. ↗

— Margery Allingham

#attention #cannot #command #least #nuisance