#means

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#each #equitable #fifty #fifty percent #getting

To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them. ↗

— Georges Bataille

#equivalent #evils #existence #god #harmony

Mercy to animals means mercy to mankind. ↗

— Henry Bergh

#means #mercy

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. ↗

— Aristotle

#called #character #effective #may #means

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. ↗

— Aristotle

#desires #down #increase #increased #means

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech. ↗

— Aristotle

#first #language #making #means #must

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama. ↗

— Adam Arkin

#big #commitments #continue #doing #drama

Variety is more than a means of avoiding boredom, since art is more than an entertainment of the senses. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#avoiding #boredom #entertainment #means #more

I'm absolutely strict about it. When I land, I put my watch right, and I don't care what I feel like, I will go to bed at half past eleven. If that means going to bed early or late, that's what I live by. As soon as you get there, live by that time. ↗

— David Attenborough

#absolutely #bed #care #early #eleven

If I were beginning my career today, I don't think I would take the same direction. Television is at a crossroads at the moment. And although I am not up to date technologically, I suspect that somewhere out there people are conveying things about natural history by means other than television, and I think if I were beginning today, I'd be there. ↗

— David Attenborough

#although #am #beginning #career #conveying