#si

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer. ↗

— George Santayana

#done #immediately #impossible #little #longer

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them. ↗

— George Santayana

#draw #empiricism #experience #lead #most

Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. ↗

— George Santayana

#events #feelings #form #giving #inner

Music is essentially useless, as is life. ↗

— George Santayana

#life #music #useless

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. ↗

— George Santayana

#grafted #green #inveterate #most #old

The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication. ↗

— George Santayana

#foe #man #simplicity #sophistication #spirit

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful. ↗

— George Santayana

#always #another #create #equally #form

I have to say, I have an affinity for Bossanova. It's very warm-sounding to me - lush and simple. I like that. ↗

— Joey Santiago

#i #like #lush #me #say

The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

#current #embarrassing #law #places #president

Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions. ↗

— Rick Santorum

#american #american values #antipathy #apologize #arrogance