#thin

Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#different #different subjects #fed #implanted #increase

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. ↗

— George Savile

#else #everything #man #master #who

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. ↗

— George Savile

#few #few things #ill #nothing #things

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view. ↗

— George Savile

#contribute #enemy #his #make #man

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money. ↗

— George Savile

#may #money #opinion #suspected #very

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. ↗

— George Savile

#contend #get #liberty #masters #new

Although I was entirely relaxed on camera, if I had to stand up and say something to an assembled group of people, I was rendered all but inarticulate. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#assembled #camera #entirely #group #had

In this I-me society, my job is to get people to buy into something bigger than themselves. ↗

— Curt Schilling

#buy #get #into #job #people

It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter. ↗

— Otto Schily

#becoming #destroy #deter #hard #involved

NASA should start thinking about this planet. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#nasa #planet #should #start #thinking