#ric

Lying on the floor, with the carved panels of the ceiling flickering dimly above, I found myself thinking that I had always heretofore assumed that the tendency of eigh­teenth-century ladies to swoon was due to tight stays; now I rather thought it might be due to the idiocy of eighteenth-century men. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#men

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#almighty #god #likelihood #might #omnipotence

I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed her. The colors of the Roman afternoon suddenly seemed sharper, as it the world had switched to high definition. "No breakups," he promised. "I may have busted my head a few times, but I'm not that stupid. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#jasper #mark-of-athena #piper-mclean #rick-riordan #grace

Down in the cellar the Gestapo were licensed to practice was the Ministry of Justice called ‘heightened interrogation’. The rules had been drawn up by civilised men in warm offices and they stipulated the presence of a doctor. ↗

— Robert Harris

#nazi #men

I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#america #did #directions #director #first

Percentages are why I am rich. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#i #i am #percentages #rich #why

Those with the money are eccentric. Those without, insane. ↗

— Bruce Robinson

#insanity #madness #money #poverty #money

(Men without ambition are boring) And that attitude, mistress, is why the females of your kind continue to struggle for equality. And why they continue to fail. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#storm-born #attitude

Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” - Lord Henry Wotton. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#capitalism #material #money #possessions #priorities

you dont know what you got till its gone ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#music-lyrics #music