#sent

A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#brings #conversation #dearly #essentials #how

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his? ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#insect #left #our #present #tragedies

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#ideas #much #obsessions #people #represents

Remember that the word of God is not sent to particular persons, as if by name; and do not think you have no part in it, because you are not named there. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#god #name #named #part #particular

Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments. ↗

— Tom Coburn

#keep #made #medicare #must #promises

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#genius #man #put #school #sentence

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it! ↗

— Robert Collier

#fast #how #itself #matter #may

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#because #essential #manuscripts #publishers #read

I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one. ↗

— Stephen Collins

#consistent #could #essential #go #hours

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#every #other #our #over #own