#rain

There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. ↗

— Paul Simon

#about #hopeful #nostalgic #something #sound

I think I have a superior brain and an inferior stature, if you really want to get brutal about it. ↗

— Paul Simon

#brain #brutal #get #i #i think

Grain that is used to feed animals that end up on our tables as turkeys and hams could have gone to feed starving people. ↗

— Peter Singer

#end #feed #gone #grain #our

The wind has shifted to the East. A storm isn't far off. I can smell the moisture in the air, a fetid, living thing. Isolated drops fall, licking at my hands, my face, my dress. The quests squawk in surprise, turn their palms up to the sky as if questioning it, and dash for cover. ↗

— Libba Bray

#weather #beauty

A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching. ↗

— Sivananda

#bad #composed #consequences #details #drops

Growing up in Florida, it rained a lot, so we spent a lot of time indoors. I used to love Frogger. I got a lot of use out of that and Ms. Pac-man on my little Atari. ↗

— Jennifer Sky

#florida #got #growing #growing up #i

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence. ↗

— Adam Smith

#customers #discipline #effectual #employment #exercised

I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#analyse #brains #changes #chemical #exposing

He's thinking more with his heart than with his brain. ↗

— David Smith

#heart #his #more #than #thinking

For me, winning isn't something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#builds #crowds #day #dream #every