#sm

This is a good place," he said. "There's a lot of liquor," I agreed. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#humor #liquor #humor

Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a lot smaller than a theatre auditorium. ↗

— Arthur Lowe

#auditorium #down #drawing #lot #must

It is possible that mankind is on the threshold of a golden age; but, if so,it will be necessary first to slay the dragon that gaurds the door,and this dragon is religion ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#age

I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite. ↗

— Josh Lucas

#does #hollywood #i #i think #life

Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick. ↗

— Kate Mosse

#cherish #dismantled #library #prepared #something

There is a peculiar burning odor in the room, like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies. The war has begun. ↗

— Alison Lurie

#burning #cookies #explosives #fills #hot

I used to think feminism was a liberating force - now I see many of those people are just censors under a different name. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#different #feminism #force #i #i see

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. ↗

— Russell Lynes

#cynicism #intellectual #intelligence #substitute

The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe. ↗

— Roger Zelazny

#humanism #justice #universe #dreams

But ideal cities are very much the product of their own ages. Designed as complete urban statements, they bear the unmistakable imprint of their own culture and world view in every street and building. And yet to be successful a city has to be open to continuous development, free to evolve and grow with the demands of new times. Like science fiction accounts of the future, ideal cities quickly become outmoded. ↗

— P.D. Smith

#pd-smith #urbanism #age