#wil

A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#entice #filing #great #great writer #his

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#fear #kill #many #neighbours #say

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#away #bird #call #destroyed #gone

People fantasize about being a hero and helping someone in trouble. Batman is that fantasy realized-not just for Bruce Wayne, but for the audience. Inwardly, Bruce Wayne is still an adolescent watching his parents being murdered. That will never leave him. And people really relate to that. ↗

— Kevin Conroy

#adolescent #audience #batman #being #bruce

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#also #budget #democrats #done #entitlements

Be dramatically willing to focus on the customer at all costs, even at the cost of obsoleting your own stuff. ↗

— Scott Cook

#costs #customer #dramatically #even #focus

Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement. ↗

— Scott Cook

#care #more #more people #people #retirement

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#forgets #forgotten #itself #nation #which

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you. ↗