#peaks

When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#language #latitudes #same #speaks #under

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#among #bible #bliss #complex #damnation

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#always #assume #before #fool #man

I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind. ↗

— Ednita Nazario

#am #century #i #i am #mind

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#day #does #every #every day #helped

For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life - the lesson of your utter insignificance. ↗

— Joseph Brodsky

#insignificance #language #lesson #life #most

In comic strips, the person on the left always speaks first. ↗

— George Carlin

#always #comic #comic strips #first #left

I think the record speaks for itself. These are two individuals who have been for the war when the headlines were good and against it when their poll ratings were bad. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#bad #been #good #headlines #i

Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

#grief #instruments #more #pity #speaks

Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade like the darkness itself at the coming of day. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#barren #coming #darkness #day #drunkenness