#us

Can you spell everything?" asked Milo admiringly. "Just about," replied the bee with a hint of pride in his voice. "You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that— ↗

— Norton Juster

#spelling #business

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#band #based #hear #hear music #i

The lyrics came out of necessity. When we started writing the record, we started in a more fusion environment and that got boring really quick and that wasn't what we were about on an organic level. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

#boring #came #environment #fusion #got

Let's teach that loving isn't always loving. Like when you loved the hamster so much that it died. Some adults do that too. Too much, the wrong way. These are 'Stay away' zones on your body. These are 'Stay away' people. You don't have to obey all adults. Not even parents. Disagree respectfully. Run, if you need. Shout, if you need. Adults can be bad too. ↗

— Deborah Ainslie

#children #hamsters #love #sex #sex-education

Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#fashion #industry #levied #poor #rich

On a scale personal enough to be felt by all, but big enough to be symbolic, the two irreconcilable faiths of our time - Communism and Freedom - came to grips in the persons of two conscious and resolute men. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#big enough #came #communism #conscious #enough

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#find #get #injustices #life #men

The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#contemplative #less #life #live #miserable

It must be admitted that there are some parts of the soul which we must entirely paralyse before we can live happily in this world. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#before #entirely #happily #live #must

The only thing that stops God from sending another flood is that the first one was useless. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#first #flood #god #only #sending