#pro

He was being about as protective as a can-opener. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#protectiveness #men

I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything. ↗

— P.D. James

#love #protection #responsibility #self-sufficiency #solitude

How can the removal of beauty from a world so lacking in beauty be anything but tragic? ↗

— William Goldman

#beauty

Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris) ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#elantris #protect #men

He who is not generous(loving,benevolent),God is not generous(loving,benevolent) to him. ↗

— Anonymous

#beautiful #benevolent #culture #freedom #generous

Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment. ↗

— Avery Brundage

#entertainment #must #played #professionally #sports

Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory! ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#proletariat #men

I also think pronunciation of a foreign tongue could be better taught than by demanding from the pupil those internal acrobatic feats that are generally impossible and always useless. This is the sort of instruction one recieves: 'Press your tonsils against the underside of your larynx. Then with the convex part of the septum curved upwards so as almostbut not quiteto touch the uvula try with the tip of your tongue to reach your thyroid. Take a deep breath and compress your glottis. Now without opening your lips say "Garoo".' And when you have done it they are not satisfied. ↗

— Jerome K. Jerome

#humour #language #pronunciation #men

Promises were like laws; smart men knew when to break both. ↗

— C.J. Hill

#laws #promises #smart-people #men

Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author’s intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don’t make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author’s mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, ‘Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?’. Monet would be ripping his hair out. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#creative-process #creative-reading #creative-thinking #creativity #editing