#sayin

Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#even #literature #must #only #proofs

I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so can Charles Dickens so I'm not going to judge. ↗

— Frank Black

#cool #cool thing #dickens #going #great

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most. ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#nothing #saying #says #sometimes

As the saying goes, I want to be the best-looking corpse there is. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#goes #i #saying #want

And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances to do that. And I've done it. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#become #chances #done #i #know

We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#been #care #dictator #law #putin

I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible,' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go.' ↗

— Sara Blakely

#coming #coming home #dad #encouraged #fail

This country is about, in my judgment, aggressive, open debate. There is an old saying: When everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking very much. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#aggressive #country #debate #everyone #judgment

I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#around #black #college #college degree #degree

Thought is creating divisions out of itself and then saying that they are there naturally. ↗

— David Bohm

#divisions #itself #naturally #out #saying