#fall

An American cannot converse, but he can discuss, and his talk falls into a dissertation. He speaks to you as if he was addressing a meeting; and if he should chance to become warm in the discussion, he will say "Gentlemen" to the person with whom he is conversing. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#american #become #cannot #chance #converse

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#fall #rationality #tends #world

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#baseness #before #cannot #cynicism #easy

During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema. ↗

— Francois Truffaut

#during #fall #films #i #love

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

#chamber #compromise #fall #here #i

If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him. ↗

— Arthur E. Waite

#card #court #depends #end #falls

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#fall #happened #out #over #presently

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#falling #i #market #must #plentiful

The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#berlin wall #fall #makes #nice #pictures

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#demand #falling #follow #market #now