#pal

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#collects #combination #combines #experimentation #facts

I was raised an Episcopalian. And I did not and I don't believe that anyone is looking out for me personally. ↗

— Joan Didion

#believe #did #episcopalian #i #i was raised

Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#above #became #betrayed #commerce #dear

Hey there, sleeping beauty…” Over his shoulder, the sky had deepened to a denim blue. “Did you kiss me awake?” “I did.” Daemon was propped on his side, using his arm to support his head. He placed his hand on my stomach and my chest fluttered in response. “Told you, my lips have mystical powers.” My shoulders moved in a silent laugh. “How long have you been here?” “Not long.” His eyes searched mine. “I found Blake sulking around the woods. He didn’t want to leave while you were out here.” I rolled my eyes. “As much as it bothers me, I’m glad he didn’t.” “Wow. Pigs are flying. ↗

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

#beauty

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail. ↗

— John Donne

#jail #own #palace #thine #thy

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue. ↗

— John Dryden

#always #continue #end #ends #founded

But the mechanics of learning to 'throw your voice' are pretty simple. Anyone with a tongue, an upper palate, teeth, and a normal speaking voice can learn ventriloquism. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#learn #learning #mechanics #normal #palate

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#absolute #appalling #capable #charity #degree

There are a lot of other terrorist targets we ought to be focusing on. Well, there is Syria, for example, which is pumping through - because of Iran, is pumping weapons on into Hezbollah and so forth - which is then producing a lot of agony in Palestine and in Israel. We ought to be doing a bit to try to stop that. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#because #bit #doing #example #focusing

I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#amount #appalled #become #blunted #desire