#arch

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. ↗

— John Irving

#casualties #i #i write #keep #looking

There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then. ↗

— Steve Irwin

#born #dad #get #i #i was born

They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#crack #desperately #lives #meaning #open

We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren't going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#best #build #built #could #else

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. ↗

— Billy Joel

#different #drummers #experience #high #high wire

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach? ↗

— Philip Johnson

#beach #build #buildings #hate #i

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#building #deeper #foundation #laid #loftier

An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#deep #god #humble #knowledge #learning

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less. ↗

— Pir Vilayat Khan

#his #human #human being #ideal #less

The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread. ↗

— Andy Rooney

#eat #effort #every #except #federal