#or

No one felt it more than the President. I saw him repeatedly, and he fairly groaned at the inexplicable delay in the advent of help from the loyal States. ↗

— Henry Villard

#delay #fairly #felt #help #him

I love finding gems. However I’m not talking about ludicrously expensive diamonds, or priceless sapphires. I mean the impetuous, primitive rushes of passion and love we experience so rarely that they become impossible to ignore. That overwhelming sense of selflessness and beauty. Hope and desire. Happiness and strength. These are the moments that define us as people. As individuals. Should it be falling in love, playing a guitar for the first time, donating to charity, meeting new people, staying up till three in the morning listening to old Bob Marley Vinyls or beating the elite 4 on Pokemon. Whatever it is, it’s moments like these that are worth more than any gem or diamond. Treasure or material goods. ↗

— George MacDonald (The Runaway State)

#gobslapped #inspirational #the-runaway-state #treasure #beauty

This time, instead of moving oceans and healing planets, let's get our bills in order and pay down the debt so we control our own future. ↗

— Artur Davis

#control #debt #down #future #get

I learned the first night that IHOP's not the place to order fish. ↗

— Larry David

#fish #i #learned #night #order

I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore. ↗

— Larry David

#anymore #been #enough #i #know

The Thought Police: To censor and protect. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#police #protect #thought

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#complain #conditions #deny #die #feel

It has to do - I think - with growing up in an apartment, with my aunt and my cousins right next door to me, with the door open, with neighbors walking in and out, with people yelling at each other all the time. ↗

— Larry David

#aunt #cousins #door #each #growing

I'm trying to drink more water. ↗

— Heather Donahue

#i #more #trying #water

Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline. ↗

— Larry David

#before #feel #i #jokes #just