#ty

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#chopping #immediately #love #people #results

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#behind #believe #concern #consider #ethics

To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#love #beauty

An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#care #dame #game #man #methodist

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#bankrupt #ourselves #search #security #vain

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#curtain #hard #iron #iron curtain #reminders

Well I think comedy everywhere has lost a bit of its bite. In Canada, I can't argue with the quality, but it feels like it's gotten a little safe. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#bit #bite #canada #comedy #everywhere

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#ensure #necessity #our #problem #rather

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#became #columbia #columbia university #drop #expected

Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#challenging #integrity #international #international peace #matter