#rant

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

#been #cannot #centuries #done #enough

The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, is smelling up the place a constitutionally protected form of expression? ↗

— Calvin Trillin

#amendment #companies #constitutionally #days #expression

I don't take any day for granted anymore. ↗

— Shania Twain

#anymore #day #granted #i #take

Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#asparagus #been #curry #deny #dining

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#does #enrich #equal #forms #get

I wish we had a system where you are given a bill including service and that people were paid properly so they didn't have to rely on tips. In different restaurants there are different policies and it's all very confusing. ↗

— Murray Walker

#confusing #different #given #had #i

Like everybody, I have invested in things that have gone bad, because there's never any guarantee of success or profit when it comes to money. ↗

— Murray Walker

#bad #because #comes #everybody #gone

Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans. ↗

— Scott Walker

#because #confidence #did #extraordinary #forward

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#because #cannot #developed #ignorant #know

We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#getting #government #grants #industry #infrastructure