#uf

The private interest of the individual would not be sufficiently provided for by reasonable and cool self-love alone; therefore the appetites and passions are placed within as a guard and further security, without which it would not be taken due care of. ↗

— Joseph Butler

#appetites #care #cool #due #further

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#crap #get #good #gradually #i

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#before #clear #done #god #him

There is a lot of work just in terms of traveling and logistics and people and gear and all that kind of stuff. But I never really have problems playing music. That never seems like work. ↗

— James Iha

#i #just #kind #like #logistics

People hear about stuff from their friends or a magazine or a newspaper. ↗

— David Byrne

#friends #hear #magazine #newspaper #people

I feel I should be doing stupid stuff, but I'm not going to. ↗

— Scott Caan

#feel #going #i #i feel #should

It flourished with the Saracens, and suffered in the obscure and fanatical days of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

#days #fanatical #flourished #middle #middle ages

I signed Koufax for fourteen grand and a hot dog. ↗