#ought

Early in the morning, I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time, we were so naive. I wanted to charm her, so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#became #capital #charm #convinced #criticism

They thought that I was a man with reasonable judgment, so I was never under pressure from my parents; I could do whatever I wanted. I never had a negative word from them, nothing whatsoever. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#had #i #judgment #man #negative

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves. ↗

— Robert Quillen

#act #every #glimpses #heaven #ourselves

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.' ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#after #almost #enough #hearing #i

I didn't think I was an actor and fought it for a long time. Nobody paid for that but me. ↗

— Kathleen Quinlan

#fought #i #long #long time #me

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. ↗

— Quintilian

#costs #expense #laugh #much #too

In rallying every curve, every hill may be different than you thought. That makes it interesting. ↗

— Kimi Raikkonen

#curve #different #every #hill #interesting

At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a job at a university with a foreign name. ↗

— Carl Rakosi

#few #foreign #get #i #job

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. ↗

— Ted Rall

#association #because #cartoonists #confused #editorial

I was accustomed to being in far, far riskier environments. So I thought going into that canyon was a walk in the park - there were no avalanches, it was a beautiful day and I was essentially just walking. ↗

— Aron Ralston

#beautiful #beautiful day #being #canyon #day