#ties

Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in tune and reflect accurately the realities of the world around us. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#around #closely #effectively #function #helps

And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#commercial #creative #i #least #lot

I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own particular qualities, but I think it's inferior to any of the half-hour ones we did. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#back #did #enjoy #forth #half-hour

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. ↗

— David Attenborough

#come #doing #economics #individuals #many

Well, I think In Love and War, which had a wonderful performance by Sandy, Sandra Bullock, who the authorities and, the supposed authorities, in cinema didn't want to know about. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

#authorities #bullock #cinema #had #i

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism. ↗

— Robert M. Hutchins

#criticism #distinguished #justification #must #only

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#almost #barter #begin #both #continue

Reality is partial to symmetry and slight anachronisms ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#life #similarities #life

I loved the city. We were anonymous, and even then I had the sense that cities were yielding; that they moved over and made room. ↗

— Sheridan Hay

#city-life #urban-life #life

Think! There's nothing certain in our future! All we can hope for is a vague continuation. But in spite of that, you're going to keep on living. You can't give up on life just because it's vague. It's a question of possibilities... ↗

— Koji Suzuki

#life #life-lesson #persistence #possibilities #life