#tent

Be intent upon the perfection of the present day. ↗

— William Law

#intent #perfection #present #upon

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#books #certain #flashing #generals #irrational

You always question people's intentions. That may be a combination of having money, having fame, and being a little older. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#being #combination #fame #having #intentions

You basically have a group of four spies who are chosen for a mission they feel for the fact of how competent they are and how their expertise and they're the right one for the job. But ultimately they find out they've been actually chosen for their incompetence. ↗

— Matt LeBlanc

#basically #been #chosen #competent #expertise

The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#angola #beds #been #contents #deciding

To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#blessing #colleagues #great #mixed #public

I feel that everyone has a Hulk inside, and each of our Hulks is both scary and, potentially, pleasurable. That's the scariest thing about them. ↗

— Ang Lee

#both #each #everyone #feel #hulk

It was my dream that I had clenched in a fist of discontent and wouldn't release. But time had now pried every finger open. There is peace in an open and upraised hand that isn't grasping for anything. ↗

— Laurel Lee

#clenched #discontent #dream #every #finger

I should be able to pick which applications I use for managing my life, I should be able to pick which content I look at, and I should be able to pick which device I use, which company I use for supplying my internet, and I'd like those to be independent choices. ↗

— Tim Berners Lee

#applications #choices #company #content #device

The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content. ↗

— Fernand Leger

#content #independent #properties #realistic #terms