#considering

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth. ↗

— Arthur Balfour

#enthusiasm #enthusiasts #few #moves #speak

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#being #between #clear #considering #deficiency

In considering found that the papists did not deny him to be come in the flesh, nor we did not deny him - who then was antichrist? Was the Turk antichrist only? ↗

— Anne Hutchinson

#come #considering #deny #did #flesh

Finally, gentleman, from the considerations above mentioned, as I cannot consistently with my own honor, nor with utility to my country, considering the manner in which Business is transacted here, remain any longer in this chair, I now resign it. ↗

— Henry Laurens

#any #business #cannot #chair #considerations

I've made three musical movies which is pretty good considering that not many are made but I was lucky in other ways. I came along when independent movies were starting to boom. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#boom #came #considering #good #i

The snail pushes through a green night, for the grass is heavy with water and meets over the bright path he makes, where rain has darkened the earth's dark. He moves in a wood of desire, pale antlers barely stirring as he hunts. I cannot tell what power is at work, drenched there with purpose, knowing nothing. What is a snail's fury? All I think is that if later I parted the blades above the tunnel and saw the thin trail of broken white across litter, I would never have imagined the slow passion to that deliberate progress. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#imagination

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

What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#back #because #become #biological #bit

We have a lot of existing customers which are also considering Linux desktop migrations and rolling out some of these programs, so we're learning from them. ↗

— Miguel de Icaza

#considering #customers #desktop #existing #learning

We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will. ↗

— Nancy Keenan

#against #because #believe #considering #family