#bet

Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#between #called #fight #god #name

Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything. ↗

— Harry Browne

#connected #everything #just #leaving #life

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. ↗

— Harry Browne

#any #become #better #bill #bill of rights

Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying. ↗

— Merry Browne

#better #disappointed #expect #helps #keep

My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California I used to listen to her play Chopin. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#child #chopin #dame #elizabeth #her

Things always look better when you haven't seen them. ↗

— Craig Bruce

#better #haven #look #seen #them

I think that musicians should never forget about the intimacy of bringing two people together, and the aesthetic transference where you're almost vicariously involved in a romance between other people. ↗

— Joe Williams

#aesthetic #almost #between #bringing #forget

Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality. ↗

— Herman Wouk

#bred #gap #illusion #reality #wish

I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#calls #home #i #much #phone

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#anything #better #negative #nothing #than