#wit

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth. ↗

— Lewis H. Lapham

#cemetery #gallery #i #living #metropolitan

I have been threatened occasionally. But that happens to everybody who is writing this kind of things. Threats will come without fail. It might happen to the most 'innocent' texts. If it gets too much we call the police. ↗

— Steig Larsson

#call #come #everybody #fail #gets

In Germany air became generally accepted Berlin in this area. It operated with 45 airplanes within the Low Cost range from Germany, and is one the most successful carriers in Europe. ↗

— Niki Lauda

#air #area #became #berlin #carriers

I've always thought Prince Charming in 'Cinderella' was the most boring role; I'd rather be the Wicked Witch. ↗

— Jude Law

#boring #charming #cinderella #i #most

That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it. ↗

— Laurie Lee

#honour #i #last #out #personal

The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#aspect #basic #importance #like #looks

A new study shows that having a severe phobia can hasten aging. But what if my greatest fear IS aging?!? ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#fear #humour #phobias #twitter #age

The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort. ↗

— Donna Leon

#blackest #ending #hope #sort #utterly

He who doesn't lose his wits over certain things has no wits to lose. ↗

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

#certain things #his #lose #over #things

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. ↗