#it

There was a chance for me to write one song for the section where Elvis sat in his black leather outfit and sang the old hits. At eight oclock the next morning I had written Memories. ↗

— Mac Davis

#chance #eight #elvis #had #his

Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular candidate chosen. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

#also #basis #candidate #chosen #correct

Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience. ↗

— Marc Davis

#actor #artist #body #drawing #experience

Being briefed only once is a quaint defense. You're either briefed or not briefed. ↗

— Mark Davis

#briefed #defense #either #once #only

Can you, in a million years, imagine another female senator - Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Claire McCaskill - reacting to being called 'ma'am' like Barbara Boxer did? This is the kind of sanctimonious self-absorption on the modern left that makes my teeth itch. ↗

— Mark Davis

#another #bailey #barbara #barbara boxer #being

The three of us pitched in $15,000 a piece to get it started. ↗

— Marvin Davis

#piece #pitched #started #three #us

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others. ↗

— Mark Twain

#either #geniuses #live #others #themselves

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#keep #leader #longer #looking #must

Humility is no substitute for a good personality. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#humility #personality #substitute

I don't expect people to get me. That would be quite arrogant. I think there are a lot of people out there in the world that nobody gets. ↗

— Bjork

#expect #get #gets #i #i think