#rate

All art is but dirtying the paper delicately. ↗

— John Ruskin

#drawing #drawings #humor #illustrate #life

I like talking to a brick wall- it's the only thing in the world that never contradicts me! ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#obdurate #humor

God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know them to be speaking not of themselves who utter these priceless words in a state of unconsciousness, but that God himself is the speaker, and that through them he is conversing with us. ↗

— Socrates

#inspiration #poet #prophet #socrates #inspirational

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#as far as #being #far #general #great

I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

#highly #hotel #i #i do #most

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#clinton #dream #europe #finally #fully

The man of thought who will not act is ineffective; the man of action who will not think is dangerous. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#danger #intelligence #strategy #intelligence

To withdraw isn't a sign of weakness... It is a sign that a man knows the limits of his capabilities and the most probable outcome of the future. One who retreats to fight another day isn't running away, but looking for another road towards the same destination. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#retreat #strategy #intelligence

It wasn't the sort of kiss I'd had with him before, hungry, wanting, desperate. It wasn't the sort of kiss I'd had with anyone before. This kiss was so soft that it was like a memory of a kiss, so careful on my lips that it was like someone running his fingers along them. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#hungry #kiss #love #memory #someone

We're so determined to help those we love that we lose all perspective ↗

— Justin Somper

#love