#matt

God's forgiveness is the only thing. And, well, I take full responsibility for the adultery. It was my fault and, you know, no matter what went on, the man has to take responsibility; and I do. ↗

— Jim Bakker

#fault #forgiveness #full #god #i

It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#dismiss #either #fantasy #found #futile

I do love to eavesdrop. It's inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk. ↗

— Lynda Barry

#dialogue #eavesdrop #i #i do #inspirational

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#else #matters #nothing #nothing matters #silence

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#better #good #good sense #matter #nonsense

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need. ↗

— Charles Eames

#address #class #does #enlightened #greatest

The drawing and the crafting of the story are fun, but it's the overall meaning that matters to me. It might escape some people who just want to read a comic, and that's fine. The overall meaning is what matters. ↗

— Brian Michael Bendis

#crafting #drawing #escape #fine #fun

It's the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and that's what matters. ↗

— Peter Benenson

#function #governments #i #i think #known

No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's going to fall apart anyway. ↗

— William Bernbach

#anyway #apart #exist #fall #gimmick

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#austria #both #countries #cultural #france