#mom

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment. ↗

— Felix Adler

#been #commercial #commercial world #craving #desire

Murderers will try to recall the sequence of events, they will remember exactly what they did just before and just after. But they can never remember the actual moment of killing. This is why they will always leave a clue. ↗

— Peter Ackroyd

#after #always #before #clue #did

I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and Jodie Foster. ↗

— Amy Adams

#because #dench #foster #get #got

Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#checking #each #indeed #longer #means

I wanted to get us a place of our own with a little bit more space. The kitchen is just huge, because my mom... lives there, man, and she loves being in the kitchen. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#being #bit #get #huge #i

My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#balls #could #door #get #knocking

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#being #choices #conversation #danger #engaging

And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan. ↗

— Gianni Agnelli

#expressed #foreign #foreign policy #generosity #i

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#grammys #how #i #i remember #looking

I have invented the Thermometer style. ↗

— Josef Albers

#invented #style #thermometer