#seems

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

#lust #mankind #possess #rather #seems

Each of us seems to have a main focus, a particular idea of practicality - a concept of 'what we want out of life' against which we judge our experiences. ↗

— Jane Roberts

#concept #each #experiences #focus #idea

Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training. ↗

— Harrison Salisbury

#class #expected #here #knowledge #me

I would say I was still a Marxist - which is not to be confused with being a Communist. Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#being #better #communist #confused #despite

Time is not a great healer. It is an indifferent and perfunctory one. Sometimes it does not heal at all. And sometimes when it seems to, no healing has been necessary. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

#does #great #heal #healer #healing

It seems that entertainment is what most excites us and what we value above everything else. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#else #entertainment #everything #excites #most

It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#attachment #concerned #even #fiction #fiction writer

It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away. ↗

— Donald O'Connor

#day #melt #music #once #rotten

Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#bad #bad manners #because #better #condition

It is so weird to be on this side of that, because when you're starting out, and it seems like you're starting out for so long, you look up to the people who have made their mark. And you sort of want to be that. ↗

— Bob Odenkirk

#like #long #look #made #mark