#rates

It was strange watching somebody sleep. It felt intrusive, as if you had caught them at their most defenseless. And as you watched them, motionless, you couldn't help but wonder -if only for a moment- whether they had died, and watch furiously for signs of life ↗

— Justin Somper

#life

We're so determined to help those we love that we lose all perspective ↗

— Justin Somper

#love

After you then, buddy. Youth before beauty ↗

— Justin Somper

#beauty

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#carbohydrates #diabesity #dr-hyman #dr-robert-lustig #labor

My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue! ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#keladry-of-mindelan #nealan #squire #fame

Plans make dreams reality. ↗

— Susan Pace-Koch

#children #cowboys #dinosaurs #kids #kittens

One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates. ↗

— Kit Bond

#administration #arab #company #deal #emirates

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#clinic #different #different levels #i #levels

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#black #black magic #casual #curses #effective

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use? ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#borrowed #i #ideas #jesus #like