#ten

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#existence #lending #nothing #poetry #shadows

I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#computer #i #i love #idea #know

Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#amusements #concerned #fail #forgetting #his

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment. ↗

— Frances Burney

#contentment #curb #diminish #enjoyment #expectation

I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something. ↗

— George Burns

#cigars #day #fifteen #hold #i

Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress. ↗

— John Burns

#labels #labour #less #men #persistent

If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it. ↗

— George Burns

#avoiding #i #important #key #longevity

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#enforced #laws #nation #randomly #states

I don't generally find myself listening to the music of a film unless there's something awfully wrong with it. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#film #find #generally #i #listening

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. ↗

— George Burns

#book #guy #i #only #read