#som

In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#about #aim #am #certain #cosmetic

I even feel guilty if I'm reading a novel, because I think I should be reading Homer again. I don't really know what free time is, because I don't have something to measure it against. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#against #because #even #feel #free

There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#always #bad #because #beneficial #even

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger. ↗

— Edmond About

#been #conversation #correspondence #danger #enlightened

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime. ↗

— Maxwell Anderson

#ground #higher #inhabit #lifetime #lift

I have to make myself write, sometimes. In the space between poems, you somehow forget how to do it, where to begin. It was good to be task - based for a while. I just came downstairs each day, picked the one I was going to do that day, and wrote. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#begin #between #came #day #downstairs

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#annoys #arrogance #decided #even #hell

You can do gross-out until the cows come home but if there isn't something to balance it, then it's not going to work at all. ↗

— Curtis Armstrong

#come #cows #going #gross-out #home

I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#consumer #going #i #need #some

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#bad #cooking #forms #just #religion