#mean

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature. ↗

— Paul Valery

#always #literature #means #recipes #rest

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#assure #back #carry #choking #ease

I used to go to Bourbon Street when I was a kid and there would be club after club after club of people who were around when the music started. I mean these are legendary, maybe not so well known, but legendary musicians. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#around #bourbon #club #go #i

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#could #forget #funny #get #go

I mean, you know, you're looking at a guy who has a manager, who's created a life for me that - I mean, I don't pay phone bills and electric bills. I have somebody to do that for me. I've been very, very lucky. And I live in this insular sort of world, you know, so everything's, you know, everything's got a silver lining as far as I'm concerned. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#been #bills #concerned #created #electric

I've raised my girls in a sort of genderless fashion. I mean, I'll take them to get their nails done - I actually love doing that - but I also play ball with them. As a result, my girls are tough and athletic and game for everything. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#also #athletic #ball #doing #done

I think the rigors of a TV schedule are brutal and 'Six Feet Under' wasn't a network schedule. We did 13 shows, we didn't do 22. I don't know how people do that. I really don't. I mean the shows are shorter, but wow, it's quite a discipline. ↗

— Frances Conroy

#did #discipline #feet #how #i

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#america #country #easy #looking #means

If you can be funny, it means you're intelligent. Your brain is working fast. ↗

— Amber Valletta

#fast #funny #intelligent #means #working

I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them. ↗

— Chris Cooper

#around #aware #been #being #call