#sm

Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the notion that if you create some magical art, somehow that exempts you from having to pay attention to the small things. ↗

— Bell Hooks

#all things #art #attention #create #creative

In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#become #clear #complicated #contained #fight

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#assassins #idealism #without #words

It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

#drinking #ecstasy #i #i quit #quit

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them. ↗

— Horace

#does #feet #fortune #large #pinch

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him. ↗

— Horace

#fit #fortune #him #large #like

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable. ↗

— Horace

#carvings #durable #foolish #like #quickly

It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance. ↗

— Lena Horne

#fragrance #get #nice #smell #still

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#distraction #form #materialism #only #true

Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#another #balls #burned #burning #coals