Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bras copper far
To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind. Thomas Hood adviseattemptconceited Change image and share on social
'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth. Thomas Hood extrememeetmouth Change image and share on social
There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, novelty, novelty, novelty. Thomas Hood clamornoveltypublic Change image and share on social
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow. Stephen Colbert afraidbeginblindness share on social
I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the brass and woodwinds - but only well enough to teach them. If you put a violin in front of me, you wouldn't say, 'My God, that guy can play.' It'd probably sound more like Jack Benny. Jon Tester bennybrascollege share on social
For a boy of ten, used to the coal bings and rust-coloured burns of Cowdenbeath, the fields and woodland of Kingswood, with its overgrown but stately avenue of copper-barked sequoias, felt like a local version of paradise. John Burnside avenuebarkbing share on social