#na

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#genius #man #ordinary #ordinary man #see

Gloom and solemnity are entirely out of place in even the most rigorous study of an art originally intended to make glad the heart of man. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#entirely #even #glad #gloom #heart

In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#curse #earlier #illiteracy #in print #inability

Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#definite #does #exactly #exist #function

I don't have a bank account because I don't know my mother's maiden name. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#account #bank #bank account #because #i

I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#favorite #favorite things #fortunately #i #kids

When every high school graduate can spell the word, 'inauguration,' let's put lampshades on our heads and listen to his speeches until Obama's voice gives out. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#gives #graduate #heads #high #high school

When we save the rain forest, the polar bear, and Al Gore, we should party so hard that Canada calls the cops on us for noise. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#al gore #bear #calls #canada #cops

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ↗

— Colin Powell

#become #determination #dream #hard #hard work

The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#directly proportional #importance #improbability #information #proportional