#ali

There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. ↗

— Herman Melville

#exists #itself #merely #nothing #quality

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? ↗

— Herman Melville

#know #nature #never #principal #quality

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#better time #having #immorality #morality #those

Honor is simply the morality of superior men. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#honor #morality #simply #superior

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#baseball #english #italian #just #main

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#better #cabbage #concludes #idealist #make

Man is firmly convinced that he is awake; in reality he is caught in a net of sleep and dreams which he has unconsciously woven himself. ↗

— Gustave Meyrink

#caught #convinced #dreams #firmly #himself

With 'The Host,' I think the actors could be really big names. That would be cool. I'd love to see Robert Redford put on a beard and be Jeb; he would be amazing... Matt Damon has some very Jared-esque qualities, and then Casey Affleck as Ian and Ben Affleck as Kyle. Imagine the interplay. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#amazing #beard #ben #ben affleck #big

I wasn't the kind of kid like Spielberg or Lucas who knew to go to film school. I didn't know at 12 what I was going to do; it took me until I was about 23. I studied journalism in college, but after school, I got a job in public television and I never worked as a journalist for one moment. ↗

— Nancy Meyers

#after #college #film #film school #go

I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person. ↗

— George Michael

#always #been #being #case #finding