#th

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it. ↗

#grandfather #had #laborer #only #patriotic

To-night I am going to take a party to the headquarters of the fire department, where I have a cinch on the captain, a very nice fellow, who is unusually grateful for something I wrote about him and his men. They are going to do the Still Alarm act for me. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#act #alarm #am #captain #department

Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#everything #exactly #jackson #michael #michael jackson

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive. ↗

— Dom DeLuise

#had #lots #mother #survive #who

Das Spiel ist der Inbegriff demokratischer Lebensart. Es ist die letzt uns verbliebene Seinsform. Der Spieltrieb ersetzt die Religiosität, beherrscht die Börse, die Politik, die Gerichtssäle, die Pressewelt, und er ist es, der uns seit Gottes Tod mental am Leben hält. ↗

— Juli Zeh

#game-theory #philosophy #religion #religion

But the funny thing is, I broke my finger not on set doing kung fu. I broke my finger when I fell down the stairs prior to going on set. ↗

— Jaime King

#doing #down #fell #finger #funny

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes. ↗

— Humphry Davy

#i have learned #learned #mistakes #more #successes

Change is no threat to culture. ↗

— Wade Davis

#culture #threat

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it. ↗