#ron

The irony of our social group is that so often everyone feels this, but there's no company whatsoever in that feeling. Think of Pound's great emphasis, the way out is via the door. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#door #emphasis #everyone #feeling #feels

If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#him #idiot #kill #opponent #scoundrel

I’m pre-med,” he added smugly. “Okay.” I said again. I didn’t shrug this time, but his jaw tightened a bit as if he was annoyed that I wasn’t displaying the proper amazement at his accomplishment. “And I’m next in line to be promoted to death investigator.” The look he gave me was nothing short of a challenge, and I had to fight to not roll my eyes. What, he expected me to start crowing about my own accomplishments so he could top them? He’d be waiting a long time for that. ↗

— Diana Rowland

#death

Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#decision #learning #making #refusing #search

It's kind of ironic that if I get my Ph.D., I'll be a real doctor. ↗

— Marcia Cross

#get #i #ironic #kind #real

The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#greek #illiterate #like #looking #man

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general. ↗

— George Crumb

#after #electronically #enormous #general #had

I have a strong personality, and I say what I think. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#i think #personality #say #strong #think

It took Jimmy Carter to give us Ronald Reagan. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#give #jimmy #jimmy carter #reagan #ronald

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#hair #head #i #knees #mercy