#oft

The young women in my classes are feisty and clever and believe, often with the passion of youthful optimism, that feminism is a battle already won. I worry for them - and for my daughters, too. ↗

— Louise Brown

#battle #believe #classes #clever #daughters

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely. ↗

— Pam Brown

#calls #completely #drying #every #just

Often, a serial killer has no felony record. ↗

— Pat Brown

#killer #often #record #serial

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#daily #does #last #motivation #neither

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#controversy #details #enlightening #important #more

Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#amusements #concerned #fail #forgetting #his

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement. ↗

— Ken Burns

#based #choices #cynicism #disengagement #fear

Beauty is often worse than wine; intoxicating both the holder and beholder. ↗

— John Zimmerman

#beholder #both #holder #intoxicating #often

How strange are the tricks of memory, which, often hazy as a dream about the most important events of a man's life, religiously preserve the merest trifles. ↗

— Richard Burton

#dream #events #hazy #how #important

Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#always #around #corner #gives #help