#you

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. ↗

— Aeschylus

#clear #drinking #drinking water #find #good

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away. ↗

— Aeschylus

#alas #away #compare #dash #fortunate

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#important #interesting #nothing #persuade #say

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence. ↗

— Aeschylus

#beneath #despot #excellence #given #god

I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#bell #chuck #current #five #good

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands. ↗

— David R. Brower

#cold #grows #hands #hold #how

Please all, and you will please none. ↗

— Aesop

#please #will #you

I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?' ↗

— Malin Akerman

#am #because #concept #different #else

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#creative #creative process #off #process #simply

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. ↗

— Edward Abbey

#bloody #country #government #i #insult