#wit

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#after #dreaming #excitement #form #imagination

People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story. ↗

— Stendhal

#cannot #certain #certain things #even #every

The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth. ↗

— Stendhal

#earth #events #french #least #most

Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies. ↗

— James Stephens

#birds #both #heads #indeed #necessary

There was a lot of stress and assumptions made without me even saying anything, which was very upsetting. ↗

— Craig Stevens

#assumptions #even #lot #made #me

If there is one abiding theme in the gym, it's the withering work in the ring. Those not fit do not survive. ↗

— Emanuel Steward

#gym #ring #survive #theme #those

I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time, then you're considered a failure. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#could #every #every time #failure #here

I mean, I love L.A. - I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. It's a unique thing to Hollywood that if you don't do that every time, then you're considered a failure. But it's like, 'Well, are you making movies to be successful? Or are you making movies to learn something?' ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#could #every #every time #failure #here

Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success. ↗

— Martha Stewart

#great success #mind #never #open-minded #success

As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#about #against #any #areas #being