#sat

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#arms #children #conversation #get #love

Instead, it appears to be a particular mark of beauty that it is considered with tranquil satisfaction; that it pleases if we also do not possess it and we are still far removed from demanding to possess it. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#appears #beauty #considered #demanding #far

Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another. ↗

— Lennart Meri

#between #bit #bond #civilisation #lost

It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand. ↗

— Jason Mewes

#could #fun #fun making #had #i

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. ↗

— George Mikes

#conversation #course #educated people #england #greek

The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit. ↗

— Nelson A. Miles

#atrocities #been #compliance #could #followed

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. ↗

— Margaret Millar

#delivered #monologues #most #presence #simply

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. ↗

— James Nathan Miller

#conversation #know #life #listen #provided

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role - unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you. ↗

— Jonny Lee Miller

#actor #always #being #celebrity #get

Theater is just so much more satisfying than film or television just because you deliver the whole thing from start to finish in one evening, and you can tell if people have enjoyed it or not. That's great to do every night to go in front of a full room of people and tell the story. There's nothing like that really. ↗

— Jonny Lee Miller

#deliver #enjoyed #evening #every #every night