#larger

I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#always #big #bigger #course #creating

Is it philosophical, is it quite allowable, to assume without evidence from fossil plants that the family or any of the genera was once larger and wide spread? and occupied a continuous area? ↗

— Asa Gray

#any #area #assume #continuous #evidence

I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#glamour #him #i #i think #into

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller. ↗

— Paul Klee

#another time #day #enough #larger #little

You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#george washington #just #larger #life #man

Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#any #anyone #art #avoids #been

Death is only a larger kind of going abroad. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#death #going #kind #larger #only

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue. ↗

— Ted Lindsay

#attempt #benefits #clubs #filed #increased

There's a lot of thought in art. People get to talk about important things. There's a lot of sex, you know, in art. There's a lot of naked women and men, and there's intrigue, there's fakery. It's a real microcosm of the larger world. ↗

— Steve Martin

#art #get #important #important things #intrigue

Everyone has a responsibility towards this larger family of man, but especially if you're privileged, that increases your responsibility. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#everyone #family #increases #larger #man