#w

I wanted to be a huge star and I have failed. ↗

— John Otway

#huge #huge star #i #star #wanted

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#ascribed #fifty #forces #given #gods

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy. ↗

— George Orwell

#back #his #look #say #truth

You never get every job you want. ↗

— Mackenzie Astin

#get #job #never #want #you

I don't know what I would do without my smartphone as I am on the go all day. ↗

— Denise Van Outen

#am #day #go #i #i am

You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. ↗

— Dave Attell

#both #certain #exactly #fire #know

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. ↗

— George Orwell

#lose #quickest #quickest way #war #way

Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird? ↗

— David Attenborough

#bird #birds #close #creature #ears

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything. ↗

— Lee Atwater

#brotherhood #everything #good #humanity #i

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment. ↗

— George Orwell

#carried #classical #corporal #doubt #education