#tell

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. ↗

— Hu Shih

#began #chinese #chinese people #contacts #country

I was on my own at Wellesley, surrounded by a lot of young women who were motivated and intellectually curious. I started to read because I was required to do so for class, but I soon found myself enjoying the seclusion of the library. I came to see reading as an important way to learn about people, including myself. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#because #came #class #curious #enjoying

This is peculiarly an age in which each of us may, if he do but search diligently, find the literature suited to his mental powers. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#brain-power #intelligence #literature #mental-power #reading

It takes much longer to leave the psychic place than the physical place." (p.120) ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#truth-telling #inspirational

If the picture speaks to me, if it tells me something about myself, then I want it. Then I have to have it. ↗

— Norton Simon

#i #me #myself #picture #something

It’s a long shot, but this baby is pretty cool.” He pushed the button that brought up the menu. “I need to run a search.” “Of course, master,” the computer said with an inviting smile. “Which pornographic material should I seek out today?” Dante grinned. “Really? You can do that?” He felt Meg’s stare. “Nothing like that. ↗

— Sophie Oak

#funny #paranormal #perv #funny

Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#story #tell #age

Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#capable #crime #day #dry #evaporates

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#kind #like #people #telling #thing

A person that has more intelligence than education always makes his own grade! ↗

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

#education