#ring

The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

#earth #hath #noise #string #sweetest

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#expediency #law #long #simply #wearing

Kids are more genuine. When they come up and want to talk to you, they don't have an agenda. It's more endearing and less piercing to your aura. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#aura #come #endearing #genuine #kids

When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#capitalism #donkey #foundations #i #like

What made Manhattan Manhattan was the underground infrastructure, that engineering marvel. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#infrastructure #made #manhattan #marvel #underground

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ↗

— Helen Keller

#achieved #ambition #cannot #character #developed

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them. ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#answering #asking #bewilderment #chief #clever

I decided during my teens that I wasn't going to have the life of a concert pianist, much to the chagrin of a lot of people who had put a lot of money into me! ↗

— Cy Coleman

#concert #concert pianist #decided #during #going

I think I would spend the first 30 weeks not writing, just clearing my head and seeing parts of the world I haven't seen and going back to places I have seen and love. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#clearing #first #going #haven #head

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man. ↗

— Sean Connery

#bring #challenge #like #man #nothing