#wit

At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time or space - abstractions for which our language lacks adequate terms. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#concepts #describing #flow #into #lacks

After making several tragic movies in a row, I was looking to do a comedy, and one without cynicism. ↗

— Ang Lee

#comedy #cynicism #i #looking #making

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that. ↗

— Mike Lee

#again #against #ceiling #debt #debt ceiling

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#correct #enable #get #good #learn

The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing. ↗

— Eric Lefkofsky

#big #big success #big thing #facebook #ideas

Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for. ↗

— John Leeson

#any #got #hope #main #main thing

Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church. ↗

— Karl Lehmann

#church #comes #commandments #contradiction #duty

Well, to tell you truth, I have learned a long time ago that the trick when doing a debate, any kind of debate, is to just turn off the judgment switch in my head. ↗

— Jim Lehrer

#any #debate #doing #head #i

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#ego #her #lose #must #never

I do not conceive of any reality at all as without genuine unity. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

#conceive #genuine #i #i do #reality