#read

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#civilisation #ever #feeble #fire #first

I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#i #i am #kind #other #people

I still think it's really quite wonderful when I read a sentence of mine and it has that quality of lastingness. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#mine #quality #quite #read #really

I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#kind #other #people #reading #think

There are certain things that are too painful for people to even write about sometimes, and there are certain things that are too hard to read about again. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#again #certain #certain things #even #hard

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#give #given #i #lecture #lectures

You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#done #gone #into #need #read

I think that at some point in your life you realize you don't have to worry if you do everything you're supposed to do right. Or if not right, if you do it the best you can... what can worry do for you? You are already doing the best you can. ↗

— Joe Namath

#best #doing #everything #i #i think

If I read or listened to critics of our music, I'd have been discouraged a long time ago. ↗

— Graham Nash

#been #critics #discouraged #i #listened

My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends. ↗

— Steve Nash

#fortunate #free #free time #friends #home