#eater

A few moments after he found himself on the stage amid the garish gas and the dim scenery, acting before the innumerable faces of the void. It surprised him to see that the play which he had known at rehearsals for a disjointed lifeless thing had suddenly assumed a life of its own. It seemed now to play itself, he and his fellow actors aiding it with their parts. When the curtain fell on the last scene he heard the void filled with applause and, through a rift in a side scene, saw the simple body before which he had acted magically deformed, the void of faces breaking at all points and falling asunder into busy groups. ↗

— James Joyce

#business

That´s the problem with planning a late night supper after the opera, not only does the hero or the heroine die singing, but you end up famished after the last notes of the finale. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#funny #humor #humorous #humour #life

If what I've been told is true - and I believe it is, General David Petraeus, a commander with soldiers deployed in two theaters of war, has had multiple meetings with Dick Cheney, the former vice-president of the United States, to discuss Petraeus's candidacy for the Republican nomination for the presidency. ↗

— Eric Massa

#believe #candidacy #cheney #commander #david

I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#council #greater #heed #i #i think

Don't wait for something big to occur. Start where you are, with what you have, and that will always lead you into something greater. ↗

— Mary Manin Morrissey

#big #greater #into #lead #occur

God is indeed able to make you what He wants you to be. ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

#book-lover #chiyson #greater-glory #jaachynma #quotes

The pauper is vulnerable to pride and pride is the destroyer of man's glory. ↗