#sayin

To say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#another way #concerned #continue #democracy #expansive

I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#become #being #did #i #i love

In our story logic which we're making up, if we're saying he's alive, then like a quadriplegic who's in bed he can move his head and shoulders, but he can't move his arms. If he could just turn on that power to his legs and arms, the nerves could get through and he could walk. ↗

— John Badham

#arms #bed #could #get #head

I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#animation #first #had #having #i

I've directed a fair amount of television series - so I'm always trying to learn new things. One episode was all hand-held and I'm trying to get better at when you should do things and when you should just shut up and watch what the people are saying. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#amount #better #directed #episode #fair

I prefer sayings over jokes. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#jokes #over #prefer #sayings

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really. ↗

— Iain Banks

#double #really #say #saying #skill

I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#al pacino #always #am #believe #call

The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in Western society. ↗

— Larry Herzberg

#chinese #culture #language #proverbs #sayings

I began to think my time had come, as the saying is. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#come #had #i #my time #saying