#sol

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#about #account #brought #events #false

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#combat #comparison #contractors #else #individuals

I am absolutely intrigued by life, and I really want to hold onto it. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#am #hold #i #i am #intrigued

Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#attractiveness #city #designed #his #increase

Solutions are not the answer. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#solutions

I've learned this, that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people are absolutely going to hate you. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#could #going #hate #haters #i

There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#could #human #human problem #i #people

In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#goes #great #great writer #hustler #loud

The stratagems by which briefly you ameliorated, even seemingly untwisted what still twists within you — you loved their taste and lay there on your side nursing like a puppy. ↗

— Frank Bidart

#comfort #consolation #art

Solitude sometimes is best society. ↗

— John Milton

#privacy #solitude #society