#rut

There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch. ↗

— Bette Davis

#cannot #credulity #days #everybody #excuse

Everyone is looking for the answer. They do not want to find the answer, trust me. Unfortunately, the answer will find them. Life—it’s like one of those unpleasant nature documentaries. To be the cameraman instead of the subjects, eh? ↗

— Laird Barron

#truth #life

One truth is the swing of the sentence, the beat and poise, but down deeper it's the integrity of the writer as he matches with the language. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#deeper #down #integrity #language #matches

As Commander in Chief of the United States Military, I will never send our sons and daughters and our brothers and sisters to die in a foreign land without telling the truth about why they're going there. ↗

— Howard Dean

#brothers #chief #commander #daughters #die

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift. ↗

— Mos Def

#anyone #give #heart #i #lift

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. ↗

— John Dewey

#beliefs #least #made #mental #old

Now I've had everything except for the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play. ↗

— Joe DiMaggio

#babe ruth #everything #except #had #i

Tell the truth, but tell it slant. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#tell #truth

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth. ↗

— Scott Dixon

#ask #believe #child #children #come

The great art is to endure ↗