#wit

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#cannot #directed #done #employing #forced

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it. ↗

— Halle Berry

#because #clearly #defining #first #first step

This, I thought, is what is meant by 'thy will be done' in the Lord's Prayer, which I had prayed time and again without thinking about it. It means that your will and God's will may not be the same. It means there's a good possibility that you won't get what you pray for. It means that in spite of your prayers you are going to suffer. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#again #done #get #god #going

So basically the understanding on these so-called reissues is that they were done behind my back, without my permission, and the band informed me that I would no longer be paid on them at all. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#band #basically #behind #done #i

I feel like if you're a girl in the South, you know 'Gone with the Wind' better than anything. Scarlett O'Hara is such a quintessential Southern woman. ↗

— Leslie Bibb

#better #feel #girl #gone #gone with the wind

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting. ↗

— Elizabeth Bibesco

#forgetting #give #remembering #take #those

Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#could #existed #i #knows #men

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

#marriage #tomb #wit

Diana was one of the quickest wits I knew; nobody made me laugh like her. ↗