“Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.” YearsImportantFightingPleasurePoorMinesYears AgoBreathsKillingFishesI RealizedPassingPassingsFishing Author:Paul McCartney
“I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now passing. I read nothing, therefore, but of the heroes of Troy, ... of Pompey and Caesar, and of Augustus too.” FeelsYearsTwoThreeInterestKnowingGreaterHeroThousandYears AgoPassingPassingsThousand YearsAugustusPompey Book:Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson Source: Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson
“I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in a hostile world.” WorldYearsPoetryLonelinessMessagesYears AgoLonelyPassingPassingsAliensHostileGave UpFeeling LonelyBeing Lonely Author:Russell Baker
“The following is a list of statements made many years ago by experts in their fields. At the time they were said they sounded intelligent. With the passing of time, they sound idiotic.” YearsMadeSaidSoundFieldsYears AgoIntelligentFollowingListsStatementsPassingPassingsExpertsIdiotic Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens