#sting

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past. ↗

— Terri Windling

#centuries #dialogue #find #folklore #gives

When I look at some of my old work, the pieces I find most interesting are the ones with people in them. ↗

— Peter Wright

#i #interesting #look #most #old

Dieting was cruel; it was an abuse of human rights. Yes, that's what it was, and she should not allow herself to be manipulated in this way. She stopped herself. Thinking like that was nothing more than coming up with excuses for breaking the diet. Mma Ramotswe was made of sterner stuff than that, and so she persisted. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#human-rights #humor #persisting #diet

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. ↗

— Hodding Carter

#bequests #children #give #hope #lasting

At dinner parties I sit below the salt now. There are a lot of interesting people there. ↗

— Donald T. Regan

#dinner #dinner parties #i #interesting #interesting people

I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death. ↗

— George Eads

#always #been #criminality #day #dealing

Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor. ↗

— Grantland Rice

#body #daily #depend #develop #exercise

Kindness in ourselves is the honey that blunts the sting of unkindness in another. ↗

— Grantland Rice

#honey #kindness #ourselves #sting #unkindness

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. ↗

— Robert South

#consisting #each #fame #famous #greece

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#chess #follow #i #interesting #internet