#sting

Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high round chimneys on the tops of the houses, which yet seemed to us to form an innumerable number of smaller spires, or steeples. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#another #chimneys #church #could #distinguish

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#bursting #churchill #could #determination #devious

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#casting #certain #certain feeling #feeling #generosity

How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors. ↗

— Dinah Maria Mulock

#gone #house #how #keeps #means

I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting. ↗

— Donald Norman

#decide #i #i think #measurable #measure

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#absence #also #brought #come #condition

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#best #efficiency #existing #highest #highest type

This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussion about the subject matter and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books; I'm showing slides and talking about the work. ↗

— Leonard Nimoy

#been #books #cases #discussion #good

Our chief justices have probably had more profound and lasting influence on their times and on the direction of the nation than most presidents. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#direction #had #influence #justices #lasting

I've been looking at the iPod- the Apple iPod. One of the interesting things about the iPod, one of the things that people love most about it is not the technology; it's the box it comes in. ↗

— Donald Norman

#apple #been #box #comes #i