#odd

Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy, but now they call this free will. At least the ancient Greeks were being honest. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#consumerism #free-will #god #goddess #greek

It's an odd world. ↗

— Timothy Spall

#world

But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song. ↗

— Travis Barker

#bands #changes #different #go #lot

My sister sometimes does a Todd Barry tribute act. ↗

— Todd Barry

#barry #does #sister #sometimes #todd

Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of circus of odd, interesting people that loved acting. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#back #barrymore #circus #drew #going

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends. ↗

— Walter Becker

#contemporary #ends #i #jazz #listen

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess? ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#comprehends #concerning #consult #goddess #great

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#achieving #begin #chance #concepts #control

And she says, “Then let’s just take the effing road and get ourselves to Haven.” I smile, a little. “You said effing,” I say. “You actually said the word effing. ↗

— Patrick Ness

#funny #todd #viola #funny

The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion. ↗

— Dorothy Corkville Briggs

#desertion #fears #independence #toddler