#cons

Life: a constellation of vital phenomena—organization, irritability, movement, growth, reproduction, adaptation. ↗

— Anthony Marra

#definition #life #phenomena #vital #life

Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional. ↗

— Justin Amash

#arguably #engage #improper #legislation #names

People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?' ↗

— David Sedaris

#asked #considered #dental #doing #ever

I know I should just leave. Just go. Because there's a point where a mistake turns into a big mistake, and I should probably come to my senses before I get there. ↗

— David Levithan

#decisions #life #mistakes #life

If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane. ↗

— Henry Billings Brown

#constitution #inferior #other #plane #put

People say that it's the big decisions that are important... that these are the type of issues worthy of prolonged consideration. But no one ever explains how it's the little choices that send your life careening in another direction. ↗

— Julie Gittus

#consequences #life #life

The world is already yours - why try to conquer it? ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#acceptance #appreciation #conquer #consciousness #contentment

Why are we asked to make the most important decisions of our lives when we are so young, and so prone to mistakes? ↗

— Samuel Park

#life #youth #life

It has long been known to me that certain objects want you as much as you want them. These are the ones that become important, the objects that you hold dear. The others fade from your life entirely. You wanted them, but they did not want you in return. ↗

— Sheila Heti

#life

Coffee makes us severe, and grave and philosophical. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#consciousness #elixir-of-life #life #mornings #life