#sign

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#compromise #compromised #contradictory #defeat #men

We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years. ↗

— Leslie Caron

#i #ruled #seven #signed #studio

I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit. ↗

— John le Carre

#absolutely #bliss #did #domestic #domestic life

To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with. ↗

— Angela Carter

#contend #future #here #hopes #hypothesis

J.K. Rowling said Bellatrix's role was going to be significant in the last one, when I showed some reluctance in playing a tiny bit part. Up front, they said, 'You're very significant in the last one.' But significant could mean a lot of things. That could just mean a significant plot point. Doesn't necessarily equal big part. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#big #bit #could #equal #front

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#always #apply #believe #between #church

We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#condemn #define #different #insignificant #our

It is a significant acknowledgment that the way people are watching television is changing and the model is quickly changing. ↗

— Jeff Zucker

#changing #model #people #quickly #significant

I think God is the most fantastic designer. ↗

— Roberto Cavalli

#fantastic #god #i #i think #most

There are no road signs to help navigate. And, in fact, no one has yet determined which side of the road we're supposed to be on. ↗

— Steve Case

#fact #help #in fact #navigate #road