#ill

My definition of an intellectual is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#definition #intellectual #listen #lone #lone ranger

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#be happy #embrace #happy #illusion #must

A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#entice #filing #great #great writer #his

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#fear #kill #many #neighbours #say

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#illusions #profitable #respectable #safe

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#enemy #flattering #friend #illusions #thought

We started combining the use of light and the use of theatrics and the use of as many art forms as possible, and it's still growing - that's the whole idea of it. ↗

— Alice Cooper

#art forms #combining #forms #growing #idea

There are certain actors you watch in a movie, and you think, 'Wow, that guy is very skilled.' ↗

— Bradley Cooper

#certain actors #guy #movie #skilled #think

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill. ↗

— Peter Ustinov

#american express #bill #commercial #express #i

I'm having surgery today to have my face cleaned up. But it will take some fancy stitching to make me all beautiful again! ↗

— Patsy Cline

#beautiful #cleaned #face #fancy #having