#ten

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#craves #ear #eye #familiar #hand

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies. ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#inconsistencies #many #odyssey #story #told

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#anything #back #commit #doing #drink

But, you know, once you're in government, very often you need to shoulder responsibility. I hope the new Spanish government will think about this and will therefore act accordingly. I really and sincerely hope so. ↗

— Jose Maria Aznar

#accordingly #act #government #hope #i

We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#forces #forgotten #gave #great #his

The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#books #date #enduring #form #humanity

There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#because #between #clear #cut #economically

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#ethical #everywhere #great #increasingly #industrial

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#attention #both #career #choices #go

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it. ↗

— Richard Bach

#ask #listen #practice #secret #success