Ensign Fitzgerald had somehow managed to get himself a jewelled sabre that he was now flashing around like a shilling whore given a guinea fan.
He shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Nothing complements a fast mind better than a slow tongue. And nothing aggravates a slow mind better than a fast tongue.
Bellybuttons are our link with the past.
One of these days, will become a this day. And that day, will be the preeminent of days to come.
They took one look at me,And hated my black face.They took one look at me,And decided on my fate.They took one look at me,And forced an unknown fear.They took one look at me,And caused the shed of tea...
By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.
A bird that fears falling off of a tree branch is ignorant of its gifts.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.