#wit

Without a doubt, Ozzy is the craziest person I've ever met. Son of Sam is a close second. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#craziest #doubt #ever #i #met

John Paul II, above all, managed to contain the huge mass of frustration, of hate that had accumulated in that region, in favour of a peaceful transition. This was, without doubt, something that changed European history. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#changed #contain #doubt #european #favour

City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#city #employees #hired #interference #outside

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all. ↗

— Lord Byron

#entire #ever #motive #myself #scribbling

We get sucked into the Internet and streaming information, and it's time to just unplug and look within. ↗

— Jonathan Cain

#information #internet #into #just #look

A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder. ↗

— Eileen Caddy

#high #like #rudder #ship #soul

It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where none ought to be had. Any man might have his coming to him to ask him grace or judgment in such case as the king may give. ↗

— Jack Cade

#ask #bribes #case #cause #come

We carry our homes within us which enables us to fly. ↗

— John Cage

#enables #fly #homes #our #us

I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky. ↗

— Jeanne Calment

#clearly #could #i #lucky #morally

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#close #closest #closest friend #death #died