#quen

What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'. ↗

— Joan Miro

#called #cross #described #eloquence #equivalent

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. ↗

— Elizabeth Montagu

#bad #consequences #like #provokes #sword

Consequently many large railroad systems of heavy capitalization bid fair to run into difficulties on the first serious falling off in general business. ↗

— John Moody

#business #consequently #difficulties #fair #falling

I love snowflakes simply for the reason that each one is unique; nonidentical to zillions of crystalized counterparts.  It's a difficult notion to wrap your brain around, and yet it reminds me that amidst the innumerable stories told throughout the ages, a distinctly new one rests on the tip of an author's pen. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#richelle #richelle-goodrich #snowflakes #stories #uniqueness

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment. ↗

— Thomas Otway

#enjoyment #grows #inflamed #lust #madder

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one? ↗

— Abraham Pais

#cited #course #everyone #frequencies #fundamental

But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#consequences #consists #fact #having #importance

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#automatic #becomes #develops #enough #frequently

I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for short periods. My schooling was very interrupted, both by frequent moves and by ill health. ↗

— Anne Perry

#before #born #both #couple #england

Anyone who considers using a weapon of mass destruction against the United States or its allies must first consider the consequences... We would not specify in advance what our response would be, but it would be both overwhelming and devastating. ↗

— William J. Perry

#against #allies #anyone #both #consequences