#tin

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#else #matters #nothing #nothing matters #silence

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#forces #hate #i #i believe #i believe that

By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. ↗

— Michael Behe

#basic #causes #cease #complex #composed

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#america #i #including #latin #latin america

I find the female tragedy of insecurity to be hilarious. We get obsessed over issues like the tiny skin tags on our backs or that we're fat. You read one line in a magazine and it sends you into a tailspin. ↗

— Lake Bell

#fat #female #find #get #hilarious

Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am. ↗

— Lake Bell

#am #feign #i #i am #i think

I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable. ↗

— Lake Bell

#always #am #because #continue #dairy

I'm optimistic because I'm pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#bleed #both #capable #continue #death

We have been helping, trying to help Afghanistan in many ways, even from the beginning of... the beginnings of the '20s, 1920s, when he we were fighting our own national struggle. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#been #beginning #beginnings #even #fighting

Is there no Latin word for Tea? Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have let the vulgar stuff alone. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#had #i #known #latin #my soul