#than

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#belongs #body #evil #far #feeling

I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#being #black #blood #capitalism #dearly

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#bad #easier #give #good #good habits

What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#any #become #been #book #brothers

I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army was one of mean ole sergeants and jeeps which jump over mountains. ↗

— Bill Mauldin

#cartoons #conception #draw #encouraged #gag

A man's got two shots for jewelry: a wedding ring and a watch. The watch is a lot easier to get on and off than a wedding ring. ↗

— John Mayer

#get #got #jewelry #lot #man

Yesterday Senator John Kerry changed his mind and now supports the ban on gay marriages. I'm telling you this guy has more positions than Paris Hilton. ↗

— David Letterman

#changed #gay #guy #hilton #his

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword. ↗

— Robert Burton

#deeper #strikes #sword #than #word

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself. ↗

— Robert Burton

#farther #giant #himself #may #see

Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because where would people hear about commercial media or corporate media criticism, where would they hear criticism of them other than in the commercial media? ↗

— Robert McChesney

#also #any #because #commercial #corporate