#ra

When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#carrying #intention #mean #out #practice

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#garment #god #grasp #hears #hem

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#carrying #hasn #intention #man #means

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#beauty #character #conduct #contributes #courage

I am a grateful... grapefruit. ↗

— Bjork

#grateful #i #i am

Personally, I don't think we could do such a show if we didn't get along. The subtext of all this is that we're women in a show so we can't possibly get along. It's not like they write about The Sopranos like that. ↗

— Kristin Davis

#along #could #get #i #like

Crisis alone is not enough. There must also be a basis, though it need be neither rational nor ultimately correct, for faith in the particular candidate chosen. ↗

— Thomas Kuhn

#also #basis #candidate #chosen #correct

Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience. ↗

— Marc Davis

#actor #artist #body #drawing #experience

Can you, in a million years, imagine another female senator - Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Claire McCaskill - reacting to being called 'ma'am' like Barbara Boxer did? This is the kind of sanctimonious self-absorption on the modern left that makes my teeth itch. ↗

— Mark Davis

#another #bailey #barbara #barbara boxer #being

At first I was always cast as the girlfriend. It was a long time before I got to play characters who were people. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#before #cast #characters #first #girlfriend