#ding

The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#always #because #become #class #collections

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#forms #introspection #most #rewarding

When you're a kid, you see your parents reading the newspaper and you're like, 'God, why are they reading the newspaper?' When you're young, you're not reading the newspaper. But there comes a time in your life when the newspaper's cool. ↗

— Fred Durst

#cool #god #kid #life #like

Professional managers, coaches, and players have a right to question an umpire's decision if they do it in a professional manner. When they become personal, profane, or violent, they have crossed the line and must be dealt with accordingly. ↗

— Jim Evans

#become #coaches #crossed #dealt #decision

I will say that walking down the street, getting on the subway, taking the elevator, if there's one or two people and they say, 'Great job, Mayor,' that is a real turn-on. I mean, anybody that wouldn't find that satisfying, rewarding, exciting, thrilling - I think they should see the doctor. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#doctor #down #elevator #exciting #find

What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program is leading to a huge source of centralized power, at a price that nobody except a government can afford. ↗

— Freeman Dyson

#centralized #compact #could #electricity #except

The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#business #business community #community #difficult #difficult task

I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#does #finding #genius #hates #i

Sensorial perception, for example, certainly occurs with greater or less accuracy according to the degree of interest; it is constantly given other directions by the change of external stimuli and by ideas. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#accuracy #certainly #change #constantly #degree

Personally, I'm an advocate for short engagements. Long sometimes means there is a reason for it. Two years engaged and no wedding... I'd be upset. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#advocate #engaged #engagements #i #long