#pa

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. ↗

— Epictetus

#keep #most #must #only #part

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. ↗

— Epictetus

#dreaded #fear #pain

I want to experience that massive adrenalin rush when you step into a new stadium, all the more so when that Olympic Stadium is packed full of people waving British flags. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#british #experience #flags #full #i

Everybody thinks that when new technologies come along that they're transparent and you can just do your job well on it. But technologies always import a whole new set of values with them. ↗

— Brian Eno

#always #come #everybody #import #job

I do sometimes look back at things I've written in the past, and think, 'I just don't remember being the person who wrote that.' ↗

— Brian Eno

#being #i #i do #in the past #just

For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#been #companion #dinner #done #go

I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one. ↗

— Brian Eno

#am #any #being #i #i am

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee. ↗

— Epictetus

#lest #passions #take #thee #thy

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#asking #better #children #critical #other

My favorite pastime is to write. ↗

— Danny Bonaduce

#pastime #write