#plain

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. ↗

— John Ruskin

#consists #everything #nothing #perfection #plainly

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#angst #complain #existential #good #good life

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#anything #children #explaining #forever #grown-ups

They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#acted #celebrities #explain #good #hard

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#change #criticism #explains #interest #japan

We're on tour to kind of explain why we do what we do, how its done and how we put it together. ↗

— Eric San

#explain #how #kind #put #together

Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn enough in my acts. A mistake for which I would like to apologise or explain myself and which I will not make again. Now, I know the job. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#again #apologise #being #dimension #enough

Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain. ↗

— George Saunders

#explain #moments #sum #sum total #total

When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be. ↗

— George Saunders

#could #explaining #feel #i #insulted

Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#complaint #early #entire #evening #heels