#we

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone. ↗

— James D. Houston

#attractions #away #been #everything #fundamental

I'm an average enough person to point to the things I've gotten to see that are awe-inspiring. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#awe-inspiring #enough #gotten #i #person

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#because #hard #issue #mindset #quit

What is a flower? A giant sexual organ in its Sunday best. The truth has been known for a long time, yet, over-aged adolescents that we are, we persist in speaking sentimental drives about the delicacy of flowers. We construct idiotic phrases like "So-and-so is in the flower of his youth", which is as absurd as saying "in the vagina of his youth". ↗

— Amélie Nothomb

#age

The greatest power is not money power, but political power. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#greatest #money #political #political power

Power wears out those who don't have it. ↗

— Giulio Andreotti

#power #those #wears #who

My endorsement of Senator Obama will not be welcome news to my friends and family at the Clinton campaign. ↗

— Joe Andrew

#clinton #endorsement #family #friends #friends and family

I was always in trouble from an early age. I had a fraught relationship with my parents, who were very traditional. Doing plays at school was a joyous release. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#always #doing #early #early age #fraught

Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#competition #crush #distribution #leading #logistics

Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives. ↗

— Ivo Andric

#between #dark #fear #happen #hard