#very

He who stands for nothing will fall for anything. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#conviction #ignorance #intelligence #stand #strength

One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries. ↗

— A.A. Milne

#eccentric #life #life

There is an illusion about America, a myth about America to which we are clinging which has nothing to do with the lives we lead and I don't believe that anybody in this country who has really thought about it or really almost anybody who has been brought up against it--and almost all of us have one way or another--this collision between one's image of oneself and what one actually is is always very painful and there are two things you can do about it, you can meet the collision head-on and try and become what you really are or you can retreat and try to remain what you thought you were, which is a fantasy, in which you will certainly perish. ↗

— James Baldwin

#self-discovery

One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn’t a clue. A day is a fuckin’ eternity ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#recovery

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. ↗

— Henry Adams

#amuses #applying #carries #everyone #himself

I've come to the conclusion that everybody should marry, including me. ↗

— Anna May Wong

#conclusion #everybody #i #including #marry

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ↗

— Scott Adams

#creates #end #every #kindness #logical

He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they? ↗

— Robert Adamson

#best #certainly #confused #days #encouraging

Everyone would be healthier if they didn't eat junk food. ↗

— Robert Atkins

#everyone #food #healthier #junk #junk food

Not everybody is Cindy Crawford. ↗

— Summer Altice

#cindy crawford #crawford #everybody