MACBETH: We have scorched the snake, not killed it:

She'll close and be herself, whilst our poor malice

Remains in danger of her former tooth.

— Macbeth, III, ii

Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future - Sally Mann
#photography #quote

"I would like to say that it is a very great pleasure, honour and privilege for me to open this bridge, but I can't because my lying circuits are all out of commission."—Marvin

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

Nevertheless, the fact remains that exactly as true patriots should be especially jealous of any appeal to what is base under the guise of patriotism, so men who strive for honesty, and for the cleansing of what is corrupt in the dark places of our politics, should emphatically disassociate themselves from the men whose antics throw discredit upon the reforms they profess to advocate.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1900-06), “Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers,” The Century Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 2

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/1…

“𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝.”

― 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘔. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘸

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~Edith Wharton

A quotation from Thomas Carlyle

All greatness is unconscious, or it is little and naught.

Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Essay (1837-12-06), “On Sir Walter Scott,” The London and Westminster Review, No. 12/55, Art. 2 (1838-01)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/76248…

“It is indeed, Mr. Holmes. I've had a bustling afternoon, I promise you. Did you see anything of the Yoxley case in the latest editions?”

“I've seen nothing later than the fifteenth century to-day.”

— Stanley Hopkins and Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez”

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

If what we profess is not an organic part of our understanding, we are likely to profess it with vehemence and intolerance. Intolerance is the “Do Not Touch” sign on something that cannot bear touching. We do not mind having our hair ruffled, but we will not tolerate any familiarity with the toupee which covers our baldness.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 62 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/1909/

A quotation from Josh Billings

Mankind ain’t apt tew respekt verry mutch what they are familiar with, it iz what we don’t know, or kant see, that we hanker for.
 
[Mankind ain’t apt to respect very much what they are familiar with; it is what we don’t know, or can’t see, that we hanker for.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/76244/

Be yourself. I much prefer seeing something, even it is clumsy, that doesn’t look like somebody else’s work - William Klein
#photography #quote

"In science, the authority of the opinion of a thousand people is not worth the spark of reason of one." – Galileo (1564-1642)
#quote #science #mathematics #maths #math #opinion

NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 17 https://quiltr.com/?p=25072 sitting outside while • The wind scuffs up my coffee • And I shiver … #blackcat #cats #dogs #dothework #haiku #NaPoWriMo #poetry #process #quote #spring

A quotation from Franklin

Historians relate, not so much what is done, as what they would have believed.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1739 ed.)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76…

"But what is that Vulcan motto? Infinite diversity." Dr. Phlox "In infinite combinations." T'Pol "And what is diversity but a celebration of differences." Dr. Phlox- The Andorian Incident, Date: June 19, 2151 #StarTrek #StarTrekENT #IDIC #Quote

Fahrenheit 451:

"It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break eggs at the smaller end."

Mildred sat across the hall from him. "What does it mean? It doesn’t mean anything! The Captain was right!"

#Quote
#Literature

PROSPERO: My Ariel, chick,

That is thy charge: then to the elements

Be free, and fare thou well!

— The Tempest, V, i

“But I don't *exist* in your world!”

“Then you won't feel the bullets when we shoot you.”

— The Doctor and the Brigade Leader, in “Inferno”

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