#tent

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose. ↗

— William Bartram

#animal #artifice #attention #bestow #creation

People are concerned, here again, about life, and haven't given a whole lot of attention to how you make fathers responsible for the lives they bring into the world. ↗

— Birch Bayh

#again #attention #bring #concerned #fathers

Yes, there are in me the makings of a very fine loafer, and also of a pretty spry sort of fellow. I often think of those lines of old Goethe: 'Schade, daß die Natur nur einen Menschen aus dir schuf; Denn zum würdigen Mann war und zum Schelmen der Stoff.' ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#goethe #humanity #men #poetry #potential

In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#consequently #correct #find #humiliate #intention

He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers. ↗

— Richard Hooker

#attentive #favorable #governed #hearers #multitude

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest. ↗

— Chuck Berry

#earnest #how #intentions #learn #much

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex. ↗

— Marguerite Gardiner

#attention #claims #does #expose #forget

Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else. ↗

— Ugo Betti

#else #general #idea #nothing #obsessed

There was absolutely no intention of splitting up. We had so many great ideas to use on the new album. John Paul Jones was incredible, coming to the studio each day with new instruments to play. ↗

— John Bonham

#album #coming #day #each #great

I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months. ↗

— Frederick William Borden

#duties #expect #i #intention #months