#mad

Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday. ↗

#christmas #holiday #man-made #much #pretty

Every great discovery I ever made, I gambled that the truth was there, and then I acted in faith until I could prove its existence. ↗

— Arthur H. Compton

#could #discovery #ever #every #existence

With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films, I became a filmmaker who dabbled in the arts. ↗

— Bruce Conner

#arts #became #being #couple #dabbled

Not all men are the same, you know. With someone such as Gavriel, I would suggest appearing aloof, not chasing too much. He might see that as suffocating rather than charming." Her words are sharp, but her voice is sweet, like honey on the edge of a blade, and meant to be cutting. I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face and commending his soul to Mortain. ↗

— R.L. LaFevers

#madame-hivern #men

I do not find the supposed scientific consensus among my colleagues. Curiously, it is a feature of man-made global warming that every fact confirms it: rising temperatures or decreasing temperatures. No matter what the weather, some model of global warming offers a watertight explanation. ↗

— Javier Cuadros

#colleagues #confirms #consensus #curiously #decreasing

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#ear #engage #equal #fiction #inner

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#care #enlighten #i #i do #made

You don't underestimate either players or audience in any circumstances. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#expect #going #made #think

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it. ↗

— Wade Davis

#cold #fear #freezes #key #know

Essentially, when we run a deficit, we are borrowing money to buy things that are made overseas. ↗