#nothin

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#dominion #else #fate #final #god

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing. ↗

— Antonio Porchia

#everything #full #heart #nothing #room

Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your manuscript to people. Write it. Finish it. I set those rules up years ago, and nothing's changed. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#around #changed #clubs #coffee #finish

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all? ↗

— Jean Racine

#know #knowing #nothing #pass

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. ↗

— Colin Powell

#count #fancy #next #nothing #organization

Doing nothing and shrinking spending may save us public money in the short term but could cost us a great deal more over time as the recession takes hold for much longer. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#could #deal #doing #great #great deal

Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and our reliance on oil will come to an abrupt and tumultuous end, causing global economic and social turmoil. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#causing #come #continue #economic #end

You can sell nothing for a mark-up for a while, but only until something starts eating away at it. Now I can go home and click on Yahoo, call my sister and talk over a microphone for free. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#call #click #eating #free #go

A book is still atemporal. It is you, in silence, hearing voices in your head, unfolding at a time that has nothing to do with the timescale of reading. And for the hours that we retreat into this moratorium, with the last form of private and silent human activity that isn't considered pathological, we are outside of time. ↗

— Richard Powers

#book #considered #form #head #hearing

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#been #buy #continent #covered #eight