#rains

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

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

It is through the cracks in our brains that ecstasy creeps in. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#cracks #creeps #ecstasy #our #through

We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff. ↗

— Dean Stanley

#because #bushel #chaff #contain #few

Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance. ↗

— Gloria Stuart

#call #claude #himself #his #involved

It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair. ↗

— Gloria Stuart

#claude #friendly #great #great love #love

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#brains #fall #i #i believe #i believe in

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#brains #cared #classic #classic example #drive

Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#because #brains #effort #explain #how