#sf

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#form #instrument #into #liberation #only

The spirit is at home, if not entirely satisfied, in America. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#entirely #home #satisfied #spirit

I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#oxymoron #successful #take #therapy

Truth is, you make albums, and some of those songs are hits, and some of the greatest hits albums have songs that weren't hits. You have a career, the reason why we're still around 10 years is that we do have successful songs. ↗

— Adam Duritz

#around #career #greatest #greatest hits #hits

I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and they say, 'Great job, Mayor,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn't find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling - I think they should see the doctor. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#doctor #down #elevator #exciting #find

Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#begin #bicycles #brothers #business #caves

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#bless #concerned #i #me #offer

And Louis Freeh was a completely dysfunctional FBI Director, who was actually waging his own private war against the Clinton Administration. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#administration #against #clinton #clinton administration #completely

You know, times change and the elements change along with it. The elements of success. And my son's very successful. He's doing very well. And I have a younger daughter who sings. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#change #daughter #doing #elements #i

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#countries #ethic #good #latin #mythology