#stand

We are told we must choose — the old or the new. In fact, we must choose both. What is a life if not a series of negotiations between the old and the new?" [Speech upon being awarded the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (Peace Prize of the German Book Trade), Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003] ↗

— Susan Sontag

#choices #future #life #past #present

Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man. ↗

— Louis C.K.

#comedian #comedy #family #fuck-it #funny

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#book #changed #could #diaper #every

Someone has to stand up for wimps. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#stand #stand up #up #wimps

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#explain #simply #understand #well #well enough

America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance. ↗

— Mohamed El-Erian

#better #call #coherent #country #downgrade

I guess I've always been attracted to people who stand out as individuals - people who are adventurous and take chances. ↗

— Carmen Electra

#always #attracted #been #chances #guess

I can't say I can foresee the future and tell the stars, you know. But I do have an understanding for my own reality, just elements and things that I've learned from. ↗

— Jenna Elfman

#foresee #future #i #i can #i do

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#events #ever #happened #nothing #people

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#first #first time #give #good #i