#read

I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun. ↗

— Lee Child

#checking #communication #community #email #fact

We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it. ↗

— Lee Child

#admit #civilised #doubt #happy #head

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#always #am #being #i #i am

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#always #being #i #i do #learn

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#books #good #good thing #man #quotations

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#already #always #avoid #because #beforehand

Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready. ↗

— Laurel Clark

#aware #being #eight #expected #get

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#detective stories #fiction #politicians #read #science

I love Twitter! At first I made fun of it, because it is very narcissistic, and there's already so much narcissism flowing in this industry, I was like, 'Really, one more?' So I was against it at first. But I really love the idea of the direct connection - there's no middle man muddling it up. ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#already #because #connection #direct #direct connection

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? ↗

— John Cleese

#considerable #decided #dreadfully #ever #give