#vent

A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source. ↗

— Arthur Baer

#pipes #plumber #source #their #traces

As soon as one nation claims the right to take preventive action, other countries will naturally do the same. If we go down that road, where are we going? ↗

— Jacques Chirac

#claims #countries #down #go #going

Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#birthday party #emotionally #ever #exhausting #horrible

Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#act #agencies #attacks #each #fully

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#doctrines #either #else #everybody #like

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all. ↗

— John Updike

#artists #behalf #content #distinguishes #entertainers

Every wave, regardless of how high and forceful it crests, must eventually collapse within itself. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#eventually #every #forceful #high #how

So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#event #every #happen #just #manipulate

I believe food is the most brilliant invention ever. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#brilliant #ever #food #i #i believe

The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#become #day #events #inspired #lawyer