#usc

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#greek #illiterate #like #looking #man

And, finally, Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript. Though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that! ↗

— David Herbert Donald

#carefully #could #finally #good #helped

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#afloat #beyond #himself #his #horizon

Archery requires very sensitive muscles. ↗

— Im Dong-Hyun

#muscles #requires #sensitive #very

I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#i think #more #most #people #prejudice

Great ideas originate in the muscles. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#great ideas #ideas #muscles #originate

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#doing #doing good #exercise #good #increase

When I found out I had to take off my shirt in 'Teen' movie, I panicked and hit the gym. I was like, 'It's going to be on film, documented, for my children to see. I can't be 140 pounds. I need to put on a little bit of muscle.' ↗

— Chris Evans

#children #documented #film #found #going

Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano scholarship. And now I'm so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, you're flexing a different muscle, but it's beautiful because it is music. ↗

— Jamie Foxx

#beautiful #because #cello #college #different

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#along #getting #i #means #meant