#l

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#drunk #get #himself #i #i think

I am aware of the usefulness of science to society and of the benefits society derives from it. ↗

— Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

#aware #benefits #derives #i #i am

The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time. ↗

— Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

#black holes #concepts #construction #elements #holes

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#always #been #down #heads #heads down

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China. ↗

— Iris Chang

#also #child-bearing #china #country #epidemic

Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society. ↗

— Jung Chang

#although #am #banned #been #book

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. ↗

— Carol Channing

#applause #duty #important #laughter #more

At the age of fifteen my grandmother became the concubine of a warlord general. ↗

— Jung Chang

#became #fifteen #general #grandmother

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China. ↗

— Jung Chang

#been #between #china #chinese #constant

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#pain #relief #tonic