#apt

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#esteem #hope #insignificant #lowering #most

I understand the reasons behind his keeping a distance from a girl he cares about. Because the truth is, sometimes getting close to the fire does actually burn you. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#chapter- #alex

Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#federal #insanity #legislation #needed #stop

I've had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#aware #birth #captivity #getting #give

I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. ↗

— William Ernest Henley

#captain #fate #i #i am #master

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes. ↗

— Keith Henson

#best #captured #dying #escape #fighting

When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#because #been #book #chapter #deal

I'd love to see T'he Avengers' with Robert Downey, Jr. playing Loki and Clark Gregg playing 'Thor' and I play Captain America. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#avengers #captain #captain america #clark #i

Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along. ↗

— Harry Stack Sullivan

#cement #chapter #childhood #during #each

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme. ↗

— Aaron Hill

#ever #extreme #haste #judge #lose