#ex

A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#civilization #endeavor #expression #finding #human

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#alternatives #always #between #bring #characteristic

Death does not exist. ↗

— Edith Piaf

#does #exist

My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely. ↗

— Malcolm Bradbury

#completely #discovery #experience #finds #interesting

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer. ↗

— Rick Pitino

#excellence #improve #offer #quality #unlimited

Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever. ↗

— Stan Brakhage

#forever #novelists #poets #side

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

#anything #desire #except #give #him

Film is a collective experience, as you know. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#experience #film #know #you

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#end #exists #journey #moreover #only

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment. ↗

— Fred Brooks

#bad #comes #good #good judgment #judgment