#or

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#friendship #holy #itself #made #more

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#american #american revolution #apparent #consequences #events

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#bad #crushes #deplore #kills #loss

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#less #little #more #much #relative

Is it just me, or is the world full of beautiful women? ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#beautiful women #full #just #me #women

I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#did #get #higher #i #just

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others. ↗

— Paul Valery

#man #more #others #secret #secrets

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#case #corporations #environmental #every #hazards

I've already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because you make all these executive decisions and then you leave the money to other people. You don't have to be on set and counting beans. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#beans #because #being #best #counting

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#bad performance #be brave #brave #business #give