#cons

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director. ↗

— Mel Smith

#anyway #before #being #considered #directed

I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else. ↗

— Robert Smith

#being #born #children #constant #else

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#comfortable #conscience #good #great #great source

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#feebleness #forgetting #fortify #human #intellect

Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#alter #always #consciousness #easier #elevation

Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#clearly #conscience #humanity #justice #own

I consider myself fortunate that I've been able to find a character that people have responded to. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#been #character #consider #find #fortunate

I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#alternative #anything #conservation #else #energy

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#intimately #level #math #music #necessarily

I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien! ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#black #considered #first #i #jackson