#mp

The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#art #conception #contemporary #decorative #deny

All I can hope to do is instill great morality in my son and trust him along the way. The music he listens to or how he chooses to wear his hair doesn't define his moral compass, and if he wants to listen to country music and wear a cowboy hat too, that's fine. ↗

— Mark Hoppus

#chooses #compass #country #country music #cowboy

The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do. ↗

— Horace

#cannot #irritation #prompted #restrain #temper

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score. ↗

— Horace

#box #composure #keep #penalty #score

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye. ↗

— Horace

#eye #impression #learn #less #makes

Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least. ↗

— Horace

#eye #kept #least #literary #nine

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. ↗

— Horace

#hut #impartial #kings #knocks #pale

If you look at the history of the American capital market, there's probably no innovation more important than the idea of generally accepted accountancy principles. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#american #capital #generally #history #idea

The Americans as a nation are killing themselves with their vices and high living. As much as a man ought to eat in half an hour they swallow in three minutes gulping down their food like the [dog] under the table which when a chunk of meat is thrown down to it swallows it before you can say 'twice.' If you want a reform carry out the advice I have just given you. Dispense with your multitudinous dishes, and, depend upon it, you will do much towards preserving your families from sickness, disease and death. ↗

— Brigham Young

#compulsive-overeating #death

The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#another #because #believe #compensation #consider