#i

At the beginning of the day, when you're doing a show like this, you want to entertain and you want people to have a really fun time...but at the end of the day you want them to walk out feeling changed and taking something more away from it...and it's really kind of rare that you get to do that all in the same night. ↗

— John Gallagher

#change

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. ↗

— E. V. Lucas

#defence #elaborate #like

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight. ↗

— Henry R. Luce

#any #calculation #continual #dealing #exercise

It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind. ↗

— Lucretius

#contented mind #great #live #mind #soul

It's strange how deliberate people are after a death. All the indecision suddenly vanishes into clear, defined moments - changing the linens, choosing a dress or a hymn, the washing up, the muttering of prayers. All the small, simple, conscious acts of living a sudden defense against the dying we do every day. ↗

— Libba Bray

#beauty

God grant you all your desires and accept my own hearty thanks for all your attention to me. Although indeed, those attentions have tried me more than death can now terrify me. ↗

— Jane Grey

#although #attention #attentions #death #desires

You are lost the moment you know what the result will be. ↗

— Juan Gris

#lost #moment #result #will #you

There are so many people working so hard and achieving so little. ↗

— Andy Grove

#hard #little #many #people #working

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. ↗

— Edward F. Halifax

#called #good #invisible #made #name

'Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#musician #respected #title #very