#tis

People are already self-selected by the time they've decided to become scientists. ↗

— Jonathan Miller

#become #by the time #decided #people #scientists

I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#both #estates #fools #given #great

'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#gives #mind #our #pains #pleasures

I find as an artist if I'm not expressed relatively consistently, I get really depressed. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#consistently #depressed #expressed #find #get

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs. ↗

— Desmond Morris

#cats #dogs #like #soldiers

Artists aren't really people. I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

#artists #cent #i #people #per

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#form #really #self-consciousness

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#brave #business #conduct #conscience #death

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#learn #like #might #much #must

Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything. ↗

— Ad Reinhardt

#artist #bad #does #good #good idea