#ah

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#alienation #day #escape #left #only

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat. ↗

— Mark Twain

#did #does #his #miss #noah

Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing. ↗

— Greg Bear

#apart #back #better #coming #danger

Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#brilliant #businesswoman #could #demons #her

When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but the audience that actually comes and watches, just like Oprah - they get to know you and they sense something genuine. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#actually #audience #clip #comes #genuine

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark. ↗

— Boris Becker

#ark #began #born #chose #few

Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#grating #i #interested #like #little

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#bless #cheer #eat #enjoy #friends

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#bishops #bless #may #sister #sons

I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#balk #book #certainly #children #easier