#ak

The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy. ↗

— George C. Williams

#decisions #devising #gradually #help #human

I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look. ↗

— Kenneth Williams

#entertain #found #got #i #look

The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that's when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#choosing #closer #destructive #everything #get

I really wish there was some big brother conspiracy theory. I just think it's the ignorance of trying to make a dollar. That's what the networks have done and will continue to do. If anyone doesn't think that this is about making money, then they're crazy. ↗

— Montel Williams

#anyone #big #big brother #brother #conspiracy

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#because #between #chosen #covenant #different

Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#colleagues #confusing #controversy #cut #enormous

Forgiveness must be initiated before life can begin. ↗

— Asa Don Brown

#forgiveness

That's what happens nowadays with people working on computers. They can so easily fix things with their mouse and take out all the, 'Oh, somebody coughed in the background; we need to take that out' - or somebody hit a bad note. Those are all the best moments. ↗

— Jack White

#bad #best #computers #easily #fix

It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#because #could #decided #different #field

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person. ↗

— Connie Willis

#artist #astaire #because #effortless #fred