#ours

Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#instantly #lion #lose #people #pleasing

Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#behaving #better #essential #etiquette #little

There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'm really curious about that. I'm really curious about what people think they're doing when they're doing something evil, casually. I think it's really interesting, that we benefit from suffering so much, and we excuse ourselves from it. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#benefit #casually #curious #doing #doing the right thing

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#america #cannot #colossal #course #denied

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#believe #curiosity #delight #experience #human

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.' ↗

— Chuck D.

#because #even #i #in the past #includes

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.' ↗

— Willem Dafoe

#deal #express #express yourself #get #human strength

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#force #go #him #himself #his

Democracy, it appears, is a bit chancy. But its chances also depend on what we do ourselves. ↗

— Robert A. Dahl

#appears #bit #chances #democracy #depend

Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that! ↗

— Tony Danza

#everyone #got #i #just #just be