#mart

To want more was not just childish, but cowardly, and somehow constpatory too. Death was change; it led to new chances, new vacancies, new niches and opportunities; it was not all loss. ↗

— Iain Banks

#fiction #gothic #levis #change

Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#humor #smart #humor

Are you always a smartass?' Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#impudence #sarcasm #smartass #humor

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser men so full of doubts. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#intelligent #problems #smart #stupid #world

Afterward, I had the last laugh. I made an air bubble at the bottom of the lake. Our friends kept waiting for us to come up, but hey-when you are the son of Poseidon, you don't have to hurry. And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#isaiat #kiss #love #mart #percy-jackson

I have to be a lot more calculating because I'm a very private person. I actually really struggle with the attention; I'm generally a pretty shy kind of a person. So it's tough figuring out how to manage it. But there are ways of managing it, and you just have to be smart. ↗

— Emily Watson

#attention #because #calculating #figuring #generally

I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special. ↗

— Ted Allen

#admire #also #america #attention #beautiful

When somebody tells you they're not very smart, they're saying exactly the opposite. ↗

— Tim Allen

#opposite #saying #smart #somebody #tells

I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart. ↗

— Aaron Allston

#complain #dumb #get #i #most

I see the Ricky Martin thing, and everything is like, just packaged for this moment. Where are they going to be 10 years, 20 years from now? ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#going #i #i see #just #like