#or

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising. ↗

— Plautus

#conduct #death #delay #fangs #grinning

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half. ↗

— Plato

#being #country #following #half #instead

They killed our mirror, our light, our comfort and our true guide. ↗

— Antonio Pigafetta

#guide #killed #light #mirror #our

It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#because #good #grows #more #rest

For me to be pompous is the most horrible thing in the world. It's like putting a wall around you. It screws you up. You'd better be willing to change your views or adapt and be modern. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#around #better #change #horrible #like

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius. ↗

— Albert Pike

#almost #artisans #artists #been #genius

If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#behavior #could #did #language #meaning

I think you tend to try, during the time you've got off, to forget about the film. It was such a total world. I mean, the sets were claustrophobic, and as soon as you were on there, you were right back into it. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#back #claustrophobic #during #film #forget

There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking. ↗

— Michael Pitt

#back #back up #challenge #crumbles #direction

The job of an actor is the same in all of them, really. I mean, you're just creating a character that you hope people will believe, so it doesn't make that much of a difference really. ↗

— Rosamund Pike

#believe #character #creating #difference #hope