#ted

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#either #equate #extended #intrinsic #look

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#also #any #artisan #been #capital

Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#chance #luck #wise

Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels. ↗

— Francisco de Goya

#arts #fantasy #impossible #marvels #monsters

I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#businesswoman #committed #description #i #like

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#get #i #just #knew #maybe

I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#i #never #novel #seriously #since

I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor. ↗

— Heather Graham

#i #movies #thought #want #wanted

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

#appreciated #battle #described #easily #great

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#husband #little #pitied #praised #really