#stand

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost. ↗

— Ernest Renan

#heroism #imbeciles #lack #lost #maintain

Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand. ↗

— Cardinal De Retz

#nothing #stupid #sways #than #understand

I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line. They share and deal with that sense of risk every day, so I got to see that up close. ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#come #cops #day #deal #every

Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action. ↗

— Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards

#daily #daily life #ends #higher #life

If there are flaws they are in ourselves, and our task therefore must be one not of redesign but of renewal and reaffirmation, especially of the standards in which all of us believe. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#especially #flaws #must #our #ourselves

I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#audience #because #believable #characters #draw

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#apt #called #into #little #most

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#generally #men #more #than #themselves

You could get in rehearsals, pre-production, anything that would actually contribute to the understanding of how a film gets made. I actually find those things increase people's interest in a movie and like that better than worrying about showing the tricks behind the curtain. ↗

— Jay Roach

#actually #anything #behind #better #contribute

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#body #efficient #energy #energy level #feel