#akin

I'm thankful for not ever taking anything illegal. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#ever #i #illegal #taking #thankful

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#common #contrary #erroneous #humble #idea

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#easier #generally #good #heroes #novelists

No harm's done to history by making it something someone would want to read. ↗

— David McCullough

#harm #history #making #read #someone

But I've become completely obsessed with taking photos on my iPhone. I have like 400 apps. ↗

— Debra Messing

#completely #i #iphone #like #obsessed

So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#agenda #becoming #best #breaking #compromised

Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#excitement #important #important ways #intrudes #over

I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn't about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#accepting #because #decisions #had #handouts

I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#life #live #living #making #making a living

I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#bit #i #taking #towards