#times

Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.' ↗

— Barry Took

#course #i #i think #out #think

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#centuries #civilization #course #customs #difficult

Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#equilibrium #general #her #impulse #inspires

The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#consequence #crimes #her #means #most

It's funny how making odd noises can get you into strange situations sometimes. ↗

— Eric San

#get #how #into #making #noises

I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#forthcoming #i #known #made #many

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#awake #eyes #morning #open #open your eyes

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#life #like #off #onion #peel

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#fell #i #love #out #several

There have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#birds #clouds #fly #go #many