#port

A consciência da insonsciência da vida é o mais antigo imposto à inteligência. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#intelligence #portugal #portuguese #tax #unconsciousness

The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe. ↗

— Karl Pearson

#apparently #carried #dealing #description #endless

Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting. ↗

— George Orwell

#bound #disregard #fair #fair play #hatred

Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored.  Writing is a jealous and needy lover. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#creativity #inopportunity #jealousy #need #richelle

Is it or is it not a matter of importance that a young man starts out in life with an ability to shut his jaw hard and say "I will," or "I will not," and mean it? ↗

— John William Heisman

#football #inspirational #sports #inspirational

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. ↗

— John Burroughs

#opportunity #life

I knew that in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late again. I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#opportunity #life

Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back... I'm telling you. ↗

— Matthew Quick

#love #opportunity #life

The Iraqi elections were an important first step. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#first #first step #important #iraqi #step

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#important #killed #kills #life #lost