#he

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#best #better #campaign #circus #couple

It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#catholic #chemistry #forbidden #lawful #mathematics

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#casting #get #more #movie #movie actors

All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#each #going #i #know #language

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#him #horse #insect #make #may

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#better #cannot #dictionaries #expected #go

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#either #heaviest #how #know #life

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#believe #director #end #enjoyable #fast

Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#each #i #kevin #other #them

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#against #experience #theory #will