#bearing

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. ↗

— Epictetus

#constitute #in my opinion #man #opinion #powers

Vous travaillez pour l'armee, madame?' (You are working for the army?), a Frenchwoman said to me early in the Vietnam war, on hearing I had three sons. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#childbearing #children #motherhood #right-wing-politics #war

It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own way, steered by some secret compass of the soul. And sometimes, late or early, the compass lost its power and spun aimlessly on its bearings. Alan Bishop ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#compass #direction #life #life

A babe at the breast is as much pleasure as the bearing is pain. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#bearing #much #pain #pleasure

Beware of geeks bearing formulas. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#beware #formulas #geeks

They were of many types of seals, all bearing the insignia of the King. ↗

— Howard Carter

#king #many #seals #types #were

The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#bearings #been #chain #deduce #events

I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process. ↗

— Donald Trump

#demeanor #great #had #i #i think

Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it. ↗

— Arthur E. Waite

#behind #evil #fruits #good #good and evil

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#bearing #brunt #circumstances #clouds #dark