#pie

A magpie, seeing some light-colored object conspicuous on the empty slope, flew closer to look. but all that lay there was a splintered peg and a twisted length of wire. ↗

— Richard Adams

#near-death #snare #death

After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather. ↗

— George Harrison

#bit #britain #did #got #leather

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and discover, and it is a principle even of piety; but wonder which ends in wonder, and is satisfied with wonder, is the quality of an idiot. ↗

— Samuel Horsley

#curiosity #discover #ends #even #idiot

It's nice to establish yourself as an actor first and a singer second. Proof is such a tremendous piece of work, and I'm incredibly lucky to be a part of it. I'm sure that the musicals will happen in the future, though. ↗

— Neil Patrick Harris

#establish #first #future #happen #i

Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization. ↗

— Zahi Hawass

#civilization #come #culture #found #interpreted

No gentleman can be without three copies of a book: one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers. ↗

— Richard Heber

#borrowers #copies #gentleman #show #three

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. ↗

— Dorothy Height

#community service #develop #grow #important #life

I'm always jotting things down on pieces of paper. I've got pieces of paper all over my house. ↗

— Don Henley

#down #got #house #i #over

Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up. ↗

— Don Henley

#copies #eight #first #mess #million

I felt the most intense pleasure in piercing the stone in order to make an abstract form and space; quite a different sensation from that of doing it for the purpose of realism. ↗

— Barbara Hepworth

#different #doing #felt #form #i