#there

Gallowglass returned to Sporrengasse with two vampires and a pretzel. ↗

— Deborah Harkness

#you-had-to-be-there #humor

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another. ↗

— Nancy Mitford

#book #bothered #ever #fang #good

You can't run away from trouble. There ain't no place that far. ↗

— Uncle Remus

#living #there-ain-t-no-place-that-far #trouble #you-can-t-run-from-trouble #life

Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences. ↗

— Josef Albers

#carries #colors #ground #hue #influences

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#create #latter #numerous #rare #stronger

The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes. ↗

— Teresa of Ávila

#st-therese #story-of-a-soul #faith

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#any #being #bothered #i #kid

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#artifice #artificial #artificial intelligence #intelligence #lacks

Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days. ↗

— William Tyndale

#any #came #confirm #council #days

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. ↗

— Xun Zi

#changed #conventions #courtesy #first #guided