#sting

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one. ↗

— Paul Auster

#always #audience #book #books #encountering

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#circumstances #criticisms #distinguish #few #may

We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards. ↗

— John Baldacci

#development #economic #economic development #embrace #homeland

I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices. ↗

— Lester Bangs

#england #happened #i #i think #interesting

Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications. ↗

— Gary Becker

#alone #analysis #assumptions #behavior #implications

Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am. ↗

— Lake Bell

#am #feign #i #i am #i think

I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. ↗

— Corbin Bernsen

#experimenter #i #interesting #play #see

They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good. ↗

— Corbin Bernsen

#experimenter #fun #good #i #interesting

People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. ↗

— John Betjeman

#benefactors #front #gardens #houses #interesting

It's going to be very interesting to see somebody playing me. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#interesting #me #playing #see #somebody