#towards

At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching. ↗

— James Levine

#inclined #naturally #teaching #towards #you

Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, ut more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace. ↗

— Paul Virilio

#civic #decline #drifting #effectiveness #fall

All labour is directed towards producing some effect. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#effect #labour #producing #some #towards

My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#acute #affectionate #articulate #deal #drinking

It's true, I had hacked into a lot of companies, and took copies of the source code to analyze it for security bugs. If I could locate security bugs, I could become better at hacking into their systems. It was all towards becoming a better hacker. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#become #becoming #better #bugs #code

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#because #begin #break #deadly #down

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. ↗

— William Osler

#become #first #first step #interested #occupation

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#chose #doing #fortunate #get #gravitate

When it passes towards the east, the sun begins to have less effect upon it, and a thin line on the edge of its bright side emits its splendour towards the earth. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#bright #earth #east #edge #effect