#way

A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like the two weights pulling at the arms of a pair of scales. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#arranged #compensate #constituting #each #equilibrium

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s? ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#generous #how #less #politics #possible

I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#books #expect #i #immortality #only

Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#away #bad #feel #like #ordered

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate. ↗

— Misty May-Treanor

#aspects #away #enjoy #get #helps

Revolutions are always verbose. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#revolutions

I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets. ↗

— Robin Trower

#bend #frets #hands #i #notes

Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better. ↗

— Garry Trudeau

#addition #always #been #better #concern

You always learn something from mistakes. ↗

— Yani Tseng

#learn #mistakes #something #you

There's no getting away from it: you have to clean. ↗

— Anthea Turner

#clean #getting #you