#matter

The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#anything #around #been #beginning #fact

I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter. ↗

— Aaron Eckhart

#content #extremely #films #graphic #historical

Politicians, no matter who they are, shouldn't be able to manipulate the public on a single issue and then call an election at the height of support - that's a little bit of a manipulation of democracy. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#bit #call #democracy #election #height

When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#answer #anyway #asks #formality #get

It was a recession when I graduated, but I was so unequipped to have a job anyway, I don't think it would have mattered if the economy was booming. I think I was expecting bad jobs. But as it went on through my 20s, I began to wonder how things were going to turn out. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#bad #began #booming #economy #expecting

Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

#diplomacy #even #facts #fine #international

What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#again #always #discover #enough #fact

I come from the home-grown punk ethic, where it doesn't matter if you can't play a note, it's how you communicate. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#communicate #ethic #how #i #matter

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#director #does #film #get #matter

The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life. ↗

— Edie Falco

#anything #body #came #felt #handed