#means

Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#end #greatness #high #justifying #manifested

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. ↗

— Socrates

#bad #bad one #become #get #good

Writing is the continuation of politics by other means. ↗

— Philippe Sollers

#means #other #politics #writing

The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own experience - more, rather than less, real to us. The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to show what it means. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#analogy #art #commentary #criticism #even

I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive. ↗

— Joan Rivers

#bad #care #enjoy #enjoy life #good

Forgiveness means letting go of the past. ↗

— Gerald Jampolsky

#go #letting #letting go #means #past

The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#am #footballer #i #i am #lead

Failure means a stripping away of the inessential. ↗