#rin

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people. ↗

— John Barth

#attributed #everything #intrinsically #itself #nothing

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#away #character #done #during #i

Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering. ↗

— Owen Arthur

#help #make #sense

By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#find #long #out #short #wandering

I've always loved the blues, ever since I was a kid. It has a depth to it that a lot of contemporary music doesn't have. It has pain and suffering in it, but funny stories, too. And it is built on storytelling, which is something I really love. ↗

— Nickolas Ashford

#blues #built #contemporary #contemporary music #depth

I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't serve to bring me down any. ↗

— Maurice Ashley

#been #bring #certainly #chess #down

These are fountains of salvation that they who thirst may be satisfied with the living words they contain. In these alone is proclaimed the doctrine of godliness. Let no man add to these, neither let him take out from these. ↗

— Athanasius

#alone #contain #doctrine #fountains #godliness

Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#carefully #century #dalton #destroyed #during

Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#arguing #because #generally #getting #hard

Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#break up #bring #cars #home #kill