#din

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#garment #god #grasp #hears #hem

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#binding #cease #come #conflict #existence

I hadn't been in Vegas 20 minutes when I got word that the bookmakers were offering three to one that Frank wouldn't show for my wedding. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#frank #got #hadn #i #minutes

I love America. I think it's the best country in the world. But I also think we're not tending to our sauce. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#america #best #country #i #i love

I'm relieved that the state of the Marines' readiness will remain high. ↗

— Susan Davis

#i #marines #readiness #relieved #remain

When I am working on a movie, all I want to talk about is the movie. All I want to be with are the movie people. It's like a clan. If I'm asked to people's houses for dinner, I hate to go, because they'll talk about other things. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#am #asked #because #clan #dinner

I know how demanding the process of creation is. ↗

— Karen Kain

#demanding #how #i #know #process

But things such as 'Harry Potter', all I can do is shape my character, seek the director's approval on that, and basically take it from there. Professor Flitwick in 'Harry Potter', I kind of defined how I saw him from reading the book, and luckily that matched up with the director's vision. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#basically #book #character #defined #director

I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#attack #defending #deliberate #devote #enough

I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio. ↗

— Clint Black

#anywhere #drives #entirely #hard #home