#plain

A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm. ↗

— Edgar Saltus

#charm #however #neglects #plain #really

Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government. ↗

— Mark Sanford

#black #busy #felt #government #had

Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain it, once you've written it down for permanent, in due time, it'll be proven stupid. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#due #explain #here #mystery #once

The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there. ↗

— Pierre Schaeffer

#complete #complete mystery #contained #exercise #explained

There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by then. ↗

— Hazel Scott

#children #explain #know #marvelous #marvelous thing

The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she is plain. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beauty #humor #making-love #plainness #women

I get heartfelt thanks from all kinds of people. Today I heard from a waitress in Georgia who has lost her job and is trying to figure out how her local bank can change the terms on her credit card, and I heard from a physicist at a major research university who wants to explain a better theory of financial stress tests. ↗

— Elizabeth Warren

#better #card #change #credit #credit card

'Tis the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, you have waked me too soon, I must slumber again. ↗

— Isaac Watts

#complain #heard #him #i #me

I have always found that actively loving saves one from a morbid preoccupation with the shortcomings of society. ↗

— Alan Paton

#love #love

If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose. ↗

— J.A. Konrath

#positive-attitude #attitude