#lent

I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?' ↗

— Valentino Garavani

#fashion #hope #i #mr #people

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think. ↗

— Greta Garbo

#am #definite #fall #i #i am

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

#argument #chill #feeling #heated #logic

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#every #hundred #poverty #stimulated #talent

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#common man #demands #distinguish #excellent #excellent man

I have an excellent memory, a most excellent memory. ↗

— Bill Gates

#i #memory #most

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts. ↗

— Paul Gauguin

#cooks #excellent #going #into #many

One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and screwed up as white people. Our motives can be just as base and violent. Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#been #black #complicated #does #ennoble

What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don't intend to be one of them. ↗

— Boy George

#embarrassing #forced #i #intend #lot

What is reading, but silent conversation. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#reading #silent