#ai

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#garment #god #grasp #hears #hem

Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular candidate chosen. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

#also #basis #candidate #chosen #correct

Being briefed only once is a quaint defense. You're either briefed or not briefed. ↗

— Mark Davis

#briefed #defense #either #once #only

Can you, in a million years, imagine another female senator - Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Claire McCaskill - reacting to being called 'ma'am' like Barbara Boxer did? This is the kind of sanctimonious self-absorption on the modern left that makes my teeth itch. ↗

— Mark Davis

#another #bailey #barbara #barbara boxer #being

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#animal #certain #i #male #men

At the time, 1980, people regarded actresses involved with production with a certain amount of fear, resentment and anger. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#anger #certain #fear #involved #people

I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#art #beauty #colour #forms #good

Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body. ↗

— Patti Davis

#again #begins #belief #body #broken

When you lose a lover it's like getting a bad haircut. It grows back in time. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#bad #getting #grows #haircut #like

I'm relieved that the state of the Marines' readiness will remain high. ↗

— Susan Davis

#i #marines #readiness #relieved #remain