#harm

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#charming #differs #fact #feared #great

Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming? ↗

— Richard Russo

#being #cary #cary grant #charming #effortless

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant. ↗

— George Ryan

#i #lawyer #office #pharmacist #professional

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#harmony #human #perfect #perfect harmony #required

She ne'er was really charming till she died. ↗

— Terence

#died #really #she #till

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord. ↗

— Sallust

#discord #fall #great #great ones #grow

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. ↗

— Sallust

#all things #decay #great things #grow #harmony

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. ↗

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

#harmony #his #masterly #only #precisely

I think there is an immense charm and humanity about the Bollywood structure, probably in the way there was about Hollywood film in the '30s and '40s. Somehow they were less distracted about hardware, and more about production values and people, you know? ↗

— Julian Sands

#bollywood #charm #distracted #film #hardware

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#considered #first #had #hip #his