#ture

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#brings #constant #out #picture #reverse

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#badly #caught #enjoy #in my opinion #life

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#even #friends #instruct #learn #our

The future is the worst thing about the present. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#future #present #thing #worst #worst thing

If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#activity #agriculture #answer #ask #change

The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#arises #crisis #die #energy #environmental

Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion. ↗

— Bill Condon

#get #kinsey #religion #rid #scientifically

Queen Latifah used to help me out with my kids, because while we were all out on tour - Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah, Heavy D - when Public Enemy went onstage, I didn't have anybody solid to watch my kids. So, Latifah would help me out. ↗

— Flavor Flav

#because #enemy #heavy #help #i

The success of the future does not lie solely on the safety of the past, but relies broadly on the security of the present. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#forget-the-past #future #future-dreams #future-goals #futurist

Growing up, being watched from the outside... it's kind of very taxing and maybe I should just do some kind of manual labor-it might be more relaxing. But I can't, it's not in my nature. ↗

— Jennifer Connelly

#growing #growing up #i #just #kind