#against

My boyfriend and I just got a projector, so we've been screening movies on the roof and projecting them against the wall next door. The last one we did, the theme was, 'The Russians are coming.' So we screened 'Red Dawn' and 'Top Gun.' ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#been #boyfriend #coming #dawn #did

We thought we were going to go up against SNL on Saturday Nights - that would have changed things so much that it's almost impossible to speculate what might have happened. ↗

— David Wain

#almost #changed #go #going #happened

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#defeat #defeating #enemy #hands #himself

Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#career #got #had #highlights #i

The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death. ↗

— Voltaire

#conscience #course #death #enjoy #enjoy life

None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what's going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature. ↗

— Morris West

#any #corruption #failure #failures #follies

At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#angry #crusade #door #down #either

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#alive #fought #habit #habits #having

Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. ↗

— Francis Wright

#grounds #into #look #nature #opinions

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer. ↗

— William Wilberforce

#all things #god #guard #neglecting #place