#w

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#desires #feet #like #off #our

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#course #day #i #i think #little

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#gone #government #his #lives #man

If our countries had war the one with the other, that was no cause that he should put us to death; with which they were out of heart that their cruel pretense failed them. For which God be forever-more praised. ↗

— William Adams

#countries #cruel #death #failed #god

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#knowledge #life #living #lost #where

In fair weather prepare for foul. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#fair #foul #prepare #weather

In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#learn #london #paris #poise #rivals

Donning a glove for a backyard toss, or watching a ball game, or just reflecting upon our baseball days, we are players again, forever young. ↗

— John Thorn

#backyard #ball #ball game #baseball #days

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail. ↗

— John Thorn

#baseball #before #carnage #condemned #falling

There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once the actual work begins. Once you begin rehearsal, then it's small building blocks. It's solving little problems one at a time. ↗

— Michael Emerson

#because #begin #begins #blocks #building