#vin

I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#afraid #away #because #been #before

A multitude of bees can tell the time of day, calculate the geometry of the sun's position, argue about the best location for the next swarm. Bees do a lot of close observing of other bees; maybe they know what follows stinging and do it anyway. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#anyway #argue #bees #best #calculate

Having long suspected that there was something alive in there, running the place, separate from everything else, absolutely individual and independent, we've celebrated by giving it a real name. My self. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#alive #celebrated #else #everything #giving

I don't want to be reincarnated, that's for sure. When you've had rewarding experiences in your life - a loving family, friends - you don't need additional reassurances that you're going to do something with a new cast of characters. I'd just as soon pass. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#cast #characters #experiences #family #friends

My father was a doctor, and I admired him and got along well with him. He took me with him on house calls. We were living in Flushing, which was then a sleepy village of 25,000 - before the subway got there. I've been sure I wanted to be a doctor since I was about 12. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#admired #along #been #before #calls

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. ↗

— Felix Adler

#be real #ceaseless #efforts #engaged #ethical

The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions. ↗

— Christian Bale

#decisions #director #final #having #make

We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#good #like #made #preserving #recreational

It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#answer #civilisation #conduct #first-class #how

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

#everything #fear #having #i #laugh