#owning

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#about #choices #critically #drowning #henceforth

Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my Browning! ↗

— Hermann Goering

#culture #hear #i #reach #whenever

It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope. ↗

— Arthur Baer

#drowning #ends #helpful #man #rope

For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#american dream #constituents #culmination #dream #entity

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#because #doing #downing #else #enjoyment

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#clowning #ended #feet #getting #hooked

If dogs could talk it would take a lot of the fun out of owning one. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#dogs #fun #lot #out #owning

There is no sense in owning the copyright unless you are going to use it. I don't think anyone wants to hold all of this stuff in a vault and not let anybody have it. It's only worth something once it's popular. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#anyone #copyright #going #hold #i

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. ↗

— Frederic Chopin

#after #art #crowning #emerges #final

Owning a handgun doesn't make you armed any more than owning a guitar makes you a musician. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #guitar #handgun #make #makes