#tho

Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what's on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don't buy industrial meat. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#eating #go #hides #how #i

I would very much like to become a best-selling author. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#become #i #like #much #very

Without the potato, the balance of European power might never have tilted north. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#european #might #never #north #potato

Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. ↗

— William Pollard

#change #creativity #improvement #incentive #inevitable

Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#architecture #arising #arts #formed #help

Care should be taken that all buildings are well lighted: in those of the country this point is easily accomplished, because the wall of a neighbour is not likely to interfere with the light. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#because #buildings #care #country #easily

From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#approaching #enemy #exterior #face #left

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#because #corresponding #difficult #greek #harmony

I like semi-torn-down places where I could get nestled in and get something done without anyone bothering me. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#bothering #could #done #get #i

Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#gilt #many #neither #nor #properly