#world

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not likely to lose it in any other. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#his #keep #likely #lose #man

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#coin #current #fresh #genius #grows

Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#bush #corporations #debt #destruction #george

Ninety-eight per cent of laughter is nothing to do with jokes, which do not deserve to bear the weight of all the funny stuff in the world. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#cent #deserve #funny #funny stuff #jokes

When they meet a stand-up comic, people sometimes remark: 'That must be the hardest job in the world.' Among comedians, only Freddie Starr is not embarrassed and slightly appalled by this remark. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#appalled #comedians #comic #embarrassed #freddie

I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world. ↗

— Delia Smith

#books #cookery #i #latest #magazines

I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of. ↗

— Kevin Smith

#carry #feels #fun #i #know

Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college. ↗

— Lillian Smith

#college #education #experience #knowledge #little

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world lets them. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#charm #charming #edge #lets #live

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#back #cold #danger #doing #jump