#not

Evil prospers when good men do nothing. ↗

I do not read newspapers. I do not watch television. I am not interested in current events, although I will occasionally discuss them if other people want to discuss them. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#am #current #current events #discuss #events

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust. ↗

— Karl Kraus

#aside #cannot #exhaust #experiences #inheritance

She had the kids during the day and I would have them at night. That way they were never alone. I would put the kids to bed, and then I had nothing to do and nobody to talk to, so I would write. ↗

— Clive Cussler

#bed #day #during #had #i

Nations have always good reasons for being what they are, and the best of all is that they cannot be otherwise. ↗

— Marquis De Custine

#being #best #cannot #good #nations

What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain? ↗

— Marquis De Custine

#complain #more #painful #than #those

I don't like to play characters that are one note, and just the attractive girl in the film. ↗

— Elisha Cuthbert

#characters #film #girl #i #just

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore. ↗

— Stephanie Cutter

#believe #going #harder #i #nothing

The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain ranges. There are still plenty of shell layers. We notice them, even thicker and more solid ones. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

#closer #even #foot #gets #great

America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#america #cannot #colossal #course #denied