#ible

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#always #believed #cautiously #done #forward

A dark and terrible side of this sense of community of interests is the fear of a horrible common destiny which in these days of atomic weapons darkens men's minds all around the globe. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#atomic #common #community #dark #darkens

Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#beauty #become #exposes #face #features

The first attempt at a response: there must have been a fall, a decline, and the road to salvation can only be the return of the sensible finite into the intelligible infinite. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#been #decline #fall #finite #first

Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#chance #like #movies #performances #quality

I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly difficult to go out, to show myself. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#even #found #go #i #i tried

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. ↗

— Aristophanes

#breeding #characteristics #horrible #manner #politician

Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters. ↗

— Raymond Aron

#foreknowledge #future #makes #manipulate #possible

I think video games and that stuff should be as violent as possible, but age-appropriate. It should be realistic. When it's not realistic you run into kids running around shooting people and not realizing the consequences. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#consequences #games #i #i think #into

People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#commit #crimes #matter #ministers #people