#nu

An editorial in the Los Angeles Times [1923] wistfully asked, 'Will eating chestnuts by crackling log fires become one of the lost arts preserved by a devoted people only in poetry and romance? ↗

— Susan Freinkel

#history #poetry #romance #art

In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#barely #certain #could #fact #factories

Chestnuts are my favorite ingredient to use in the fall, especially for the holidays. I always find that they are meaty, hearty and have a mysterious refinement when cooked or roasted over sea salt. ↗

— Geoffrey Zakarian

#chestnuts #cooked #especially #fall #favorite

Nerd love. It's a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are more sophisticated. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#beauty

Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk and attempts to tear it, and cannot tear it, is he in his right mind to say "This silk is fake! I thought it was soft, I thought it was delicate, but look, I cannot even tear it" ? Surely, this man is not in his right mind! The silk is not fake! This silk is 100% real. It's the man who is stupid! ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#fake #gentle #genuine #inspirational #inspirational-life

Certainly we're going to continue to see those commercials that I call 30-second drive-by shootings. And they're going to have a lot of money to do it. But we're going to combat it. ↗

— Tom Barrett

#certainly #combat #commercials #continue #going

How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#paulo-coelho #beauty

Don't you know anything at all about numbers?" "Well, I don't think they're very important," snapped Milo, too embarrassed to admit the truth. "NOT IMPORTANT!" roared the Dodecahedron, turning red with fury. "Could you have tea for two without the two — or three blind mice without the three? Would there be four corners of the earth if there weren't a four? And how would you sail the seven seas without a seven?" "All I meant was—" began Milo, but the Dodecahedron, overcome with emotion and shouting furiously, carried right on. "If you had high hopes, how would you know how high they were? And did you know that narrow escapes come in all different widths? Would you travel the whole wide world without ever knowing how wide it was? And how could you do anything at long last," he concluded, waving his arms over his head, "without knowing how long the last was? Why, numbers are the most beautiful and valuable things in the world. Just follow me and I'll show you." He turned on his heel and stalked off into the cave. ↗

— Norton Juster

#beauty

With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow. ↗

— Tom Barrett

#continue #cost #gasoline #going #grow

I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#big #big picture #great #great thing #hacker