#or

I was never interested in singing in the church choir or in school. I was more interested in becoming a musician. ↗

— Cassandra Wilson

#choir #church #i #interested #more

Criminals interest me, because they're driven by the same desires as we are, but they take these disastrous shortcuts and end up in a real mess. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#criminals #desires #disastrous #driven #end

Whereas in the past optimism had been regarded as rather shallow - because 'oh well, it's just your temperament, you happen to be just a cheerful sort of person' - what I wanted to do was to establish that in fact it is the pessimists who are allowing all kinds of errors to creep into their work. ↗

— Colin Wilson

#because #been #cheerful #creep #errors

Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer. ↗

— Douglas Wilson

#come #designer #exposed #going #handy

Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the "environmentalist" view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#calling #cease #come #effort #environmentalist

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#ancestral #another #find #form #however

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#having #most #most powerful #odds #powerful

I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it. ↗

— Flip Wilson

#could #damn #equal #four #get

I don't want to be ignorant in my daughter's eyes. ↗

— Gretchen Wilson

#eyes #i #ignorant #want

As long as you're getting along, it's nice to work with someone you know well. ↗

— Luke Wilson

#getting #know #long #nice #someone