#pi

The nature of the Catilinarian conspiracy was bad and bloody. ↗

— Florence E. Allen

#bloody #conspiracy #nature

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others. ↗

— Tris Speaker

#baseball #front #other #others #pick

...And whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. ↗

— Max Ehrmann

#beauty

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#direct #direct experience #discursive #everything #instead

For the first time in history, a private company is organizing a mission to the moon. This mission will inspire countries of the world, citizens, our youth. ↗

— Eric Anderson

#company #countries #first #first time #history

It's amazing to me that young people will still pick up a cigarette. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#cigarette #me #people #pick #still

I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration. ↗

— Margaret Anderson

#because #curb #defied #existed #i

But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#divine #eternal #inside #japan #like

A frisky spirit makes my trombone sing. ↗

— Chris Barber

#sing #spirit #trombone

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. ↗

— William Temple

#best #company #deserve #distrust #form