#other

I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#books #grade #had #house #i

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#as far as #being #far #general #great

My mother once told me, when you have to make a decision, imagine the person you want to become someday. Ask yourself, what would that person do? ↗

— Barry Deutsch

#inspirational #mothers #role-models #imagination

When she leaned forward to mess with the AC vents, her hair brushed against my leg and it was really soft. It made remember all over again. It made it hard to stay pissed and keep her at arm's length the way I'd planned. It was pretty near damn impossible. When I was near her, I just wanted to grab her and hold her and kiss the shit out of her. Maybe then she'd forget about my asshole of a brother. ↗

— Jenny Han

#jealousy #love #jealousy

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. ↗

— George Orwell

#bound #disregard #fair #fair play #hatred

There is one other book, that can teach you everything you need to know about life... it's The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but that's not enough anymore. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#the-brothers-karamazov #life

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile. ↗

— Adriana Trigiani

#smile #life

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

#application #clever #consider #constant #hell

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way. ↗

— Adriana Trigiani

#girls #mother #sisters #life

My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#life #mothers #life