#venti

They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called "war" too. And there will still be no conventional war. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#called #conventional #insane #madmen #place

I met this homeless man who had never owned a shirt in his life. He had taken his pants and worn them as a shirt and I thought it was so creative. He was liberated from the conventions of fashion. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#creative #fashion #had #his #homeless

And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#certain #composition #figures #important #invention

But I'm an adventurer. I like invention, I like discovery. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#discovery #i #invention #like

I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful. ↗

— Mark Strand

#beautiful #concerned #conventional #i #i am

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view. ↗

— August Strindberg

#born #conventions #different #different points #exist

Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy. ↗

— David Suzuki

#becoming #continued #conventional #depleted #difficult

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#glory #great #great souls #interest #invention

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#invention #judgment #talent #youth

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it. ↗

— George Takei

#convention #extent #flattering #i #phenomenon