#thou

Over thinking ruins moods and kills good vibes. ↗

— SupaNova Slom

#attraction #couples #etiquette #etiquette-and-attitude #frequency

Like prepositional phrases, certain structural arrangements in English are much more important than the small bones of grammar in its most technical sense. It really wouldn't matter much if we started dropping the s from our plurals. Lots of words get along without it anyway, and in most cases context would be enough to indicate number. Even the distinction between singular and plural verb forms is just as much a polite convention as an essential element of meaning. But the structures, things like passives and prepositional phrases, constitute, among other things, an implicit system of moral philosophy, a view of the world and its presumed meanings, and their misuse therefore often betrays an attitude or value that the user might like to disavow. ↗

— Richard Mitchell

#language #thinking #thought #attitude

Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth. ↗

— Emile Durkheim

#contemplation #create #does #mere #our

Nobody ever won a pennant without a star shortstop. ↗

— Leo Durocher

#nobody #pennant #shortstop #star #without

And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#away #back #been #come #feel

Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work." (Claiming an Education, 1977) ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#empowerment #feminism #independent-thought #responsibility #self-determination

It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation. ↗

— Louis Finkelstein

#come #enter #fatal #grave #into

I would rather five people knew my work and thought it was good work than five million knew me and were indifferent. ↗

— Colin Firth

#good #good work #i #indifferent #knew

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments. ↗

— Edmond H. Fischer

#enjoy #here #i #luck #most

Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#any #belongs #brought #classroom #forth