#thou

Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#compromise #fall #get #herself #impossible

I had to skydive for the movie and I was terrified. Like everybody, I thought it was going to be one of those experiences that changes your life. It didn't. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#everybody #experiences #going #had #i

Words, without power, is mere philosophy. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#philosophy #power #without #words

To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#die #going #great #great things #live

To execute great things, one should live as though one would never die. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#execute #great #great things #live #never

However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. ↗

— John Calvin

#blessings #exceed #expect #god #his

Richie and Eddie couldn't exist without each other. They're two halves of the same person. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

#eddie #exist #halves #other #person

Because you want to have competition to drive down the price. You want innovation. You have the ability to get people to agree that it's worth having a public plan. You could get private insurers to cover this population, but you couldn't without giving the population leverage in the marketplace. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#agree #because #competition #could #cover

Without a song, each day would be a century. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#day #each #song #without #would

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#actions #afraid #chose #dishonour #family