#thou

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom. ↗

— Franz Boas

#allowing #ceremonial #emotional #father #freedom

This idea was also brought out very clearly by Wallace, who emphasized that apparently reasonable activities of man might very well have developed without an actual application of reasoning. ↗

— Franz Boas

#actual #also #apparently #application #brought

And they asked me to take a polygraph as to the allegations and reports I'd made. I volunteered and I took the polygraph and passed it without a glitch. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#asked #i #made #me #passed

I remember once having to stop performing when I thought an elderly man a few rows back from the front was actually going to die because he was laughing so hard. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

#back #because #die #elderly #few

I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love. ↗

— Edward VIII

#carry #discharge #duties #found #heavy

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#either #mind #reality #study #understand

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#becomes #enlightened #help #million #only

A fan sent me a letter and a $10 bill. It's a short letter - all she said was, "Hey, since it's harder for you to go out these days without getting photographed, here $10 for a pizza." I was like, "Aww, she sent me money for a pizza so I could eat at home!" ↗

— Zac Efron

#could #days #eat #fan #getting

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. ↗

— Greg Egan

#bit #far-fetched #given #hadn #happened

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#imagine #nature #people #practice #see