#affair

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides. ↗

— Robert E. Lee

#avoided #been #both #both sides #condition

I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV. ↗

— Phillip Lim

#dog #i #life #me #posh

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#affairs #conduct #desire #down #earth

I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend that the record industry is an insidious affair. It's this terrible collision between art and commerce, and it will always be that way. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#always #art #because #between #collision

We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men. ↗

— William H. Macy

#affairs #common #ladies #leading #men

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. ↗

— James Madison

#betray #calculate #every #every nation #loss

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#dying #his #man #more #own

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#advice #affair #dreary #dull #nothing

My biggest fantasy love affair was with Dustin Hoffman. It's so bizarre. Also Anthony Hopkins. ↗

— Debra Messing

#also #anthony #anthony hopkins #biggest #bizarre

I had started my love affair with Wimbledon. ↗