#rove

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect. ↗

— George Saunders

#am #been #confidence #dark #dark side

Sight and touch, being thus increased in capacity, might belong to some species far superior to man; or rather the human species would be far different had all the senses been thus improved. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#being #belong #capacity #different #far

Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#inspirations #proverbs #witty

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#environment #everybody #forward #get #going

I try to watch the show every week and improve upon myself. I've become a fan. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#every #fan #i #improve #myself

In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

#angeles #approximately #beach #bridges #constant

If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#doing #front #going #good #i

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#book #cracks #end #go #grove

Taxes are important. President Bush's tax proposals leave no rich person behind. Voters approve of President Bush helping the kind of people they wish they were one of. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#behind #bush #helping #important #kind

If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat. ↗

— Mark Twain

#could #crossed #deteriorate #improve #man