#ode

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation. ↗

— Donald Trump

#course #exactly #good #hasn #life

So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you've had pain in your heart. ↗

— Tina Turner

#ago #because #been #came #could

Sure, my childhood was unusual. All these eccentric, wild people frequented our home: rock stars, drag queens, models, bikers, freaks. But I was not this little rich girl. My mom and I lived in an apartment. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#childhood #drag #eccentric #freaks #girl

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it. ↗

— Giorgio Vasari

#beautiful #creation #divine #first #god

Most of modern rock and roll is a product of guilt. ↗

— Don Van Vliet

#modern #most #product #rock #rock and roll

It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. ↗

— Voltaire

#air #angels #been #dwell #god

Obviously, our children, who have been playing with their computers since the age of five or six, don't have quite the same brain as those who were brought up on wooden or metal toys, whose brains are certainly atrophied by comparison. ↗

— Claude Vorilhon

#been #brain #brains #brought #certainly

The key to tackling Islamist fundamentalism and terrorism from the Islamist community is in the hands of moderate Muslims. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#fundamentalism #hands #key #moderate #muslims

I still eat pizzas, I still like pies, I still have spaghetti hoops for breakfast... but it's in moderation now. ↗

— Shane Warne

#eat #hoops #i #like #moderation

The newer homes did not sustain as much damage because they were built to better safety codes; they were better designed, higher wind loads for the roof. All of those facets made those homes sustain the storm a whole lot better. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#better #built #codes #damage #designed