#sf

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. ↗

— Moliere

#blunders #books #dancing #failures #fill

Radiative transfer calculations I can do standing on my head. ↗

— Christopher Monckton

#head #i #i can #standing #transfer

It is giving me a great satisfaction, because I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#could #equal #everybody #giving #great

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#depends #find #length #lies #life

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#full #happened #life #misfortunes #most

I was working with Bill Graham management at the time and it was obvious to everyone concerned that albums like Open Fire, while they were good for me creatively, were not going to be commercially successful. ↗

— Ronnie Montrose

#bill #commercially #concerned #creatively #everyone

Spectators often express disfavor of fair decisions. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#disfavor #express #fair #often #spectators

This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result. ↗

— Michael Moore

#because #been #crux #eliminating #else

To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life. ↗

— Thomas More

#does #educated #engaged #events #exposed

It's hard to make something collaboratively. That's the challenge. Sometimes you're successful. ↗

— Marguerite Moreau

#hard #make #something #sometimes #successful