#so

I've had horror movies thrown at me and I just don't want to do any because violence isn't really good for society. ↗

— Luke Ford

#because #good #had #horror #horror movies

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. ↗

— Henry Ford

#built #character #develop #each #endure

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it. ↗

— Henry Ford

#few #hardest #probably #reason #thinking

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. ↗

— Henry Ford

#feats #his #mouth #opens #person

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. ↗

— Henry Ford

#although #america #capacity #great #intellect

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. ↗

— Henry Ford

#attained #by-product #comes #directly #happiness

At one point I intended to write precursor and sequel novels, about the establishment of the Web and its next evolution, but I am very unlikely to now; they would take place in a different universe. ↗

— John M. Ford

#am #different #establishment #evolution #i

...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he's in touch with no images), but to true virtue [arete] (because he is in touch with true Beauty). The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he. ↗

— Plato

#love #philosophy #truth #virtue #beauty

Well, it's an adventure story, and a Bildungsroman, of course, but there was also the intention to describe a culture that had been seen in rather narrow terms. ↗

— John M. Ford

#also #been #course #culture #describe

Don't get me wrong, I've seen some very excellent women musicians. ↗

— Lita Ford

#get #i #me #musicians #seen