#owl

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. ↗

— John Bright

#knowledge #languages #luxury #mainly

I think that you have to do everything you can do to empower girls when they are young, from their education, to their successful independence, to their sexual self-knowledge. ↗

— Susie Bright

#empower #everything #i #i think #independence

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#curse #knowledge #much #off #shut

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. ↗

— Phillips Brooks

#beyond #bit #done #effort #good

So if you're not Artemis Fowl, then who are you?" The boy extended a dripping hand straight up. "My name is Orion. I am so pleased to meet you at last. I am, of course, your servant." Holly shook the proferred hand, thinking that manners were lovely, but she really needed someone cunning and ruthless right now, and this kid didn't appear to be very cunning. ↗

— Eoin Colfer

#holly-short #orion #love

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens. ↗

— Harry Browne

#deal #happens #knowledge #place #recognition

The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#clock #death #drop #each #fever

I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod. ↗

— Charlotte Bunch

#comment #even #i #make #man

Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#flown #folks #half #happening #i

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#behavior #exert #human #human behavior #influences