#sm

Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood. ↗

— Walter Johnson

#any #harder #i #joe #listen

Chosen motherhood is the real liberation. The choice to have a child makes the whole experience of motherhood different, and the choice to be generative in other ways can at last be made, and is being made by many women now, without guilt. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#experience

I am excited to bring my deep knowledge, passion and expertise of soccer in this country to The New York Cosmos. They truly represent where this sport is headed on a national and international level, and I want to make history with them. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#bring #cosmos #country #deep #excited

Emerson then incarnated the moral optimism, the progress, and the energy of the American spirit. ↗

— Howard Mumford Jones

#american spirit #emerson #energy #moral #optimism

Big shows are more like events and small shows are more like traditional gigs. ↗

— Kelly Jones

#events #gigs #like #more #shows

When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism! ↗

— David Starr Jordan

#dog #moon #patriotism #religion #strangers

Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected. ↗

— Zeena Schreck

#buddhism #death #left-hand-path #magic #parenting

I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#economics #found #i #money #out

I know. Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower, or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer is a - it, uh, it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be, um, smelly. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#experience #humour #knowledge #smell #experience

You tell me to stand still, but I am not walking," he shouted, "whereas you who are walking say you are still. How is it that you are standing still but I am not?" The Buddha turned round. "My legs move but my mind is still," he said. "Your legs are still but your mind moves all the time in a fire of anger, hatred, and feverish desire. Therefore, I am still but you are not. ↗

— Majjhimanikaya

#anger