#too

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#arranged #arranging #buy #carefully #chef

I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#academia #also #carpet #course #courtroom

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book. ↗

— Jon Ronson

#book #cracks #end #go #grove

Figure skating is an unlikely Olympic event but its good television. It's sort of a combination of gymnastics and ballet. A little sexy too which doesn't hurt. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#combination #event #figure #figure skating #good

We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#bosses #few #many #need #people

There are already a lot of devices in our lives that have rich text or the ability to handle graphics. Our devices are designed to be understood in less than a quarter of a second. ↗

— David Rose

#already #designed #devices #graphics #handle

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? ↗

— Douglas Adams

#believe #bottom #enough #fairies #garden

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#life #means #something #sometime #stood

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#about #ever #far #important #seriously

It is never too late to be what you might have been. ↗