#sk

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#asks #disappear #existence #give #higher

I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He said, 'Yes,' so I said, 'Well hop into the kitchen and get me a cheese sandwich.' ↗

— Tommy Cooper

#cheese #french #frog #get #got

So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.' ↗

— Tommy Cooper

#firm #house #i #local #outside

The President has once again failed us. Millions of Americans are at risk of going without the flu vaccine this year because the administration failed to act proactively to ensure an adequate supply. There is simply no excuse for this. ↗

— Jon Corzine

#adequate #administration #again #because #ensure

To win without risk is to triumph without glory. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#risk #triumph #win #without

From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British. ↗

— Mordechai Vanunu

#boat #british #came #french #i

You have to learn certain skills to present magic. ↗

— David Copperfield

#learn #magic #present #skills #you

If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch? ↗

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

#consulting #gives #god #him #honoring

I mean my point as an artist is I'm on my own little weird journey across the sky here and whether or not anybody's listening, or listening to the degree I would like them to, at the end of the day has to be an inconsequential thing because I can't chase this culture. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#anybody #artist #because #chase #culture

I started thinking that if post modernism is about people opening up all their skeletons, I'm going the other way. I don't want anyone knowing anything about me anymore. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#anymore #anyone #anything #going #i