#affect

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#anything #conservative #conserve #conserving #could

Technology is the fashion of the '90s. It affects everyone, and everyone is interested in it - either from fear of being left behind or because they have a real need to use technology. ↗

— Jay Chiat

#because #behind #being #either #everyone

I think we need the feminine qualities of leadership, which include attention to aesthetics and the environment, nurturing, affection, intuition and the qualities that make people feel safe and cared for. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#attention #cared #environment #feel #feminine

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#characteristic #governed #whim

I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#here #i #jokes #laugh #make

The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking. ↗

— Isadora Duncan

#american #ballet #ballet dancer #body #dancer

Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York. ↗

— John Guare

#ballet #city #come #does #know

We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think. ↗

— Tony Hancock

#both #certain #certain extent #erm #extent

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection. ↗

— Arthur Helps

#affection #mixture #pity #recipes #surest

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. ↗