#other

Silence is the mother of truth. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#silence #truth

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#also #day #deal #emperors #everywhere

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#almost #author #bad #books #children

When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#endangered #free #free press #free speech #hold

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. ↗

— Mark Twain

#carries #cat #learn #learns #man

I really believe the only way to stay healthy is to eat properly, get your rest and exercise. If you don't exercise and do the other two, I still don't think it's going to help you that much. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#believe #eat #exercise #get #going

My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our country was going through really difficult times. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#country #difficult #difficult times #especially #four

It's weirder and more surprising than the other books. I think there are more places where it's just more reality bending, deliberately so. I think it's a lot more emotionally raw. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#books #deliberately #emotionally #i #i think

Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#find #going #head #how #i

I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#cab #difficult #driving #first #found