#cons

My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then and I was playing a role of co-counsel on the case. ↗

— Floyd Abrams

#cases #central #considering #i #later

I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#hate #i #look #means #stuff

Therefore I do pray and entreat you in the name of Jesus Christ to do so much as to make my being here in Japan known to my poor wife, in a manner a widow and my two children fatherless; which thing only is my greatest grief of heart and conscience. ↗

— William Adams

#children #christ #conscience #entreat #fatherless

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost. ↗

— Felix Adler

#assembly #consideration #contentions #custom #exalted

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. ↗

— Konrad Adenauer

#below #belt #consists #hit #knowing

My first impression when I made it through was 'Good, because I'm going to prove to you that I deserve to be here', because they told me that sometimes I lack confidence in my performance and sometimes I'm not as consistent as they'd like me to be. ↗

— Naima Adedapo

#confidence #consistent #deserve #first #first impression

I just want to make music, I don't want people to talk about me. All I've ever wanted to do was sing. I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on. ↗

— Adele

#about #celebrity #constantly #covers #even

Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#based #consists #due #exchange #fair

When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#begging #between #care #considerate #demanding

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#consists #differences #discrimination #tact