#wit

Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion. ↗

— John Berger

#cannot #common #emotion #envy #exist

A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man. ↗

— Cyrano de Bergerac

#courteous #generous #large #liberal #man

Scientific corporations might well become almost independent states and be enabled to undertake their largest experiments without consulting the outside world - a world which would be less and less able to judge what the experiments were about. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#about #almost #become #consulting #corporations

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#judgment #men #neither #nor #sad

Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#apollo #big #contributor #doubt #engineering

I'm not trying to be evasive, but when I say yes and no, I say 'yes' because there are narrow-minded people that won't look past the logo and 'no' because 'American Idol' put me in front of millions of people and I would not have a career without 'Idol.' ↗

— Bo Bice

#american idol #because #career #evasive #front

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#evidence #faith #knowledge #parallel #speaks

Death? Why this fuss about death? Use your imagination, try to visualize a world without death! Death is the essential condition of life, not an evil. ↗

— Charlotte Perkins Gilman

#condition #death #essential #evil #fuss

I cannot let this opportunity pass without placing on record how much I have enjoyed my cricket with Kent. ↗

— Frank Woolley

#cricket #enjoyed #how #i #kent

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year. ↗

— John Bolton

#build #capability #could #estimate #fabricate