#ops

There is no indication that any church official suggested or supported the emperor's action against gay people. On the contrary, the only persons known by name to have been punished for homosexual acts were prominent bishops. ↗

— John Boswell

#christianity #church #gay-rights #roman-empire #homosexuality

True wit is nature to advantage dressed, What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#wit #writing #nature

History develops, art stands still. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#develops #history #stands #still

Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#gets #hell #little #more #need

My chops are still up, even though I'm not still in high school. ↗

— Travis Barker

#even #high #high school #i #school

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#begins #constant #each #else #laugh

Ah, bless you, Sister, may all your sons be bishops. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#bishops #bless #may #sister #sons

Our rate moves will have an impact on the economy in 2013. Whether we raise or lower rates depends on how the economic situation develops. ↗

— Marek Belka

#develops #economic #economic situation #economy #how

The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new. ↗

— Catherine Bell

#always #birthdays #blows #cake #effects

If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective. ↗

— Danny Bonaduce

#behave #definition #done #down #drops