#plain

Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains. ↗

— Sam Walter Foss

#bring #empires #eras #match #me

I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration. ↗

— Victor Garber

#concentration #demanding #energy #everything #explaining

No one ever taught me and I can't teach anyone. If you can't explain it, how can you take credit for it? ↗

— Red Grange

#credit #ever #explain #how #i

It is hard to rationalise or explain why you love what you love. But I have always been interested in science and maths, and in high school I was struck that you could use maths to understand nature and science. ↗

— Serge Haroche

#been #could #explain #hard #high

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later. ↗

— Ed Harris

#about #constituents #every #explain #going

No one ever complains about a speech being too short! ↗

— Ira Hayes

#being #complains #ever #short #speech

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

— Edgar Saltus

#charm #however #neglects #plain #really

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 world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison. [...] Naturally a well-run prison must have a prison industry. I'm sure you see why." "Well... it helps to keep the inmates busy, I suppose. Takes their minds off the boredom and futility of their lives." "Yes. Can you name yours?" "Our prison industry? Not offhand. I suppose it's obvious." "Quite obvious, I would say." I gave it some thought. "Consuming the world." Ishmael nodded. "Got it on the first try. ↗

— Daniel Quinn

#life-lessons #plain-truth #prison #world-changer #business