#pens

Religious freedom opens a door for Americans that is closed to too many others around the world. But whether we walk through that door, and what we do with our lives after we do, is up to us. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#around #closed #door #freedom #lives

I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My kind of irrationality happens to be fear or anxiety. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#anxiety #balanced #fear #happens #happy

I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#academia #also #carpet #course #courtroom

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#depends #happens #how #life #more

The Super Bowl isn't for kids, I had a great time though and it was worth every nickel of it because by doing this lame piece about the game I can put it on my expense account. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#account #because #bowl #doing #every

Sometimes it feels like it hurts when you make a big purchase, so I really believe that the more expensive things should be gems that you keep in your closet, not trends. ↗

— Amber Valletta

#big #closet #expensive #feels #gems

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ↗

— Jane Austen

#education #expense #further #girl #give

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#chest #ever #get #heart #horrible

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#disbelief #life #now #requires #suspension

What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief? ↗

— Ed Wood

#do you know #haven #heard #know #suspension