#out

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#arts #discovered #error #exposed #life

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#go #go to hell #hell #live #may

The cynics are right nine times out of ten. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#nine #out #right #ten #times

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#heroes #outnumber #soldiers #ten #war

We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#could #day #discover #double #harmony

When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#art #dead #father #his #inclination

I make conscious decisions to stay out of the limelight. Without my make-up I'm pretty much the girl next door. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#decisions #door #girl #girl next door #i

I'm definitely responsible for the image that I put out there. But it does become frustrating, because I don't want 'sexy' to be my defining characteristic. I'd love for my ambition and will and intellect and sense of humour to define me as well. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#because #become #characteristic #define #defining

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#characters #communicate #great #movie #relationships

You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#cost #going #just #know #loads