#revere

The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything. ↗

— Colin Greenwood

#approach #chair #computers #constant #favourite

If you see a philosopher determining all things by means of right reason, him you shall reverence: he is a heavenly being and not of this earth. ↗

— Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

#being #determining #earth #heavenly #him

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players. ↗

— Mike Piazza

#days #enjoy #game #i #long

Cynicism is extremely contagious, and the most pious among us cannot long endure its potency. The gullible should be on their guard, however, since this endearing quality frequently masquerades as wit. ↗

— Mike Corbett

#demons #heaven #hell #intelligent-humor #irreverent-humor

My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#endings #evening #reverence #wonder #music

Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#leto-ii #philosophy #religion #religion

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. ↗

— Aristotle

#men #more #reverence #swayed #than

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. ↗

— Aristotle

#because #brings #evil #fear #generality

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#america #europe #everyone #god #grown-up

That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#earth #generations #must #reverence #sacredness