#ma

...if in the heat of the dispute he insists and asks, 'Am I not the master of throwing myself out of the window?' I shall answer him, no; that whilst he preserves his reason there is no probability that the desire of proving his free agency, will become a motive sufficiently powerful to make him sacrifice his life to the attempt: if, notwithstanding this, to prove he is a free agent, he should actually precipitate himself from the window, it would not be a sufficient warranty to conclude he acted freely, but rather that it was the violence of his temperament which spurred him on to this folly. Madness is a state, that depends upon the heat of the blood, not upon the will. A fanatic or a hero, braves death as necessarily as a more phlegmatic man or a coward flies from it. ↗

— Paul Henri Thiry d'Holbach

#free-will #madness #mental-illness #death

In a sense, we here at the FSRI are like giant wizards at the controls of an incredible machine, operating levers and buttons from behind a great tapestry to provide you with the level of motivation and direction necessary for you to succeed! ↗

— Martin Fossum

#motivational

No, I'm happy doing this. Five sweaters and a pair of dirty pants, you can make pretty good money. ↗

— McLean Stevenson

#doing #five #good #happy #i

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#film #filmmaking #movies #movies

I want to see the sunrise with you. I want to watch the sunset. I want to make out during a movie. Silly, huh? ↗

— Emma Nichols

#romance-novels #movies

I wanted this to be a movie on TV so I could press the off button and make it all go away. ↗

— Michelle Rowen

#make-it-go-away #wanted #movies

I always hated those classic kid movies like Old Yeller or The Yearling where the beloved pet dies. What would be so wrong with having those damn kids learn their lessons about mortality from watching Grandpa kick? Then at least the dog would be around to comfort them. ↗

— Merrill Markoe

#movies

The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino." - Joe Fox ↗

— Nora Ephron

#movie-quote #tom-hanks #you-ve-got-mail #movies

We didn't need sex. We had Tyrone Power. ↗

— Barbara Cartland

#hollywood #movies #tyrone-power #movies

ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville. CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal." ... ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked. CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal. ↗

— Jean-Luc Godard

#french-cinema #french-film #french-new-wave #movie-quote #movies