#tire

To retire is to begin to die. ↗

— Pablo Casals

#die #retire

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#country #dissent #eliminate #entirely #ever

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#before #entirely #happily #live #must

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#get #i #lawful #literature #medicine

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#drink #entire #faith #finish #glass

By educating me at home, my parents were able to give me individualized attention without the usual distractions that kids in regular school experience, like dating and friendship. Not to mention that traditional school can be dangerous. I’ve heard about kids catching the flu and chicken pox, even Judaism. And how about those poor kids lugging all those heavy books to and from school every day? My books never went anywhere, just like me. I felt so bad when I’d see kids on my street giggling and chasing each other around with those awkward backpacks. ↗

— Colin Nissan

#homeschooling #humor #satire #dating

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#apparent #becomes #coalition #coalition forces #criticized

I'm dubious about having Social Security put into the stock market. I think that we have gotten very far away from the idea that there's something sacrosanct about retirement investments. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#away #dubious #far #far away #gotten

In principle if I could not have a home I wouldn't. But not having a home would be too difficult procedurally, going from hotel to hotel, the gap of three hours where you're hungry and tired. ↗

— Lee Child

#difficult #gap #going #having #home

Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#anyone #because #before #done #else