#til

Utilitarianism: If we Britiash were Utilitarians we would have to believe that imprisoning the innocent and torturing suspects was justified if the Home Secretary thought it a good thing for our peace of mind. ↗

— William Donaldson

#home

Man makes plans . . . and God laughs. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#futility #humor

Everything is as good or bad as our opinion makes it. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#till-we-have-faces #inspirational

Se non ti conoscessi bene, direi che hai appena difeso l’onore di Christian? Ma non è un rompipalle?" "Già" risposi, leccandomi la glassa dalle dita. "Lo è eccome. Solo che per le prossime sei settimane, sarà il mio rompipalle. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #rose-hathaway

I really hate threesomes when one of the participants is dead. ↗

— Jordan Castillo Price

#jordan-castillo-price #m-m-paranormal #victor-bayne #humor

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. ↗

— Ken Keyes Jr.

#love #perspective #love

If kids six and under eat free, then I’m an infant. Or at least infantile. Bring on the steaks.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cheap #cheater #children #dinner #discount

Indeed if fish had fish-lore and Wise-fish, it is probable that the business of anglers would be very little hindered. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#futility #wisdom #business

The Americans provide still more advanced military assets and equipment; the Europeans are lagging behind. And eventually it will be difficult to co-operate even if you had the political will to co-operate because of the technological gap. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#assets #because #behind #co-operate #difficult

After the prayer they executed an armed robbery. That sounds very strange this many years later: prayer and then armed robbery. ↗

— Diet Eman

#god #holocaust #jesus-christ #righteous-gentile #wwii