#ore

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. ↗

— William Cowper

#knowledge #knows #more #much #proud

When I was young and we got caught pinching apples, we got a smack from the local policeman. Today if that happened he would be sued. There is a tendency to punish the victim, not the criminal. If someone broke into my house or my mum's house, I worry that the burglar has more rights than me. ↗

— Simon Cowell

#broke #burglar #caught #criminal #got

Most of the reason I work out now is not for the external - it's for how I feel. I find working out gives me more energy. I started eight days after he was born. ↗

— Cindy Crawford

#born #days #eight #energy #external

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God. ↗

— Orson Welles

#bore #god #i #pray #want

Commitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies. ↗

— Howard Thurman

#cause #center #commitment #consent #dies

The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#bored #character #get #goes #long

At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live. ↗

— Howard Thurman

#determination #hard #life #life is a #live

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music. ↗

— Elvis Costello

#bit #cases #country #country music #curiosity

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. ↗

— Elvis Costello

#area #been #before #early #elvis

The road to the future leads us smack into the wall. We simply ricochet off the alternatives that destiny offers. Our survival is no more than a question of 25, 50 or perhaps 100 years. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#alternatives #destiny #future #into #leads