#ink

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#himself #man #many #pleasure #really

It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind. ↗

— Joseph Smith, Jr.

#comprehend #day #drink #god #how

I don't think films about elderly people have been made very much. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#been #elderly #films #i #made

I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#anything #assumed #because #been #benign

I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#go #him #honestly #i #less

My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#chequered #got #humour #i #i think

People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#been #differently #dinner #down #eating

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#basic #causes #little #much #people

I always try to think before I talk. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#before #i #i always #talk #think

The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think that's my strength I can hear what they can't. ↗

— Mark E. Smith

#being #hear #i #i can #i think