#sure

Scandal is an importunate wasp, against which we must make no movement unless we are quite sure that we can kill it; otherwise it will return to the attack more furious than ever. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#attack #ever #furious #importunate #kill

Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#i #i do #make #safe #stunt

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#care #coordinator #everyone #i #make

I frequently compose out the entire metric structure of a piece in modified cyclic form, where each cyclic revolution undergoes some form of 'variation' much as if measure lengths were concrete musical 'material.' ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#concrete #cyclic #each #entire #form

If the work of art is to continue pursuing the vision of both being in and of the world but nevertheless in some fashion being more than just one more object to the mounting clutter, this is the specific point, I think, where this must be assured. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#assured #being #both #clutter #continue

What I do is not rocket science, but I sure do love it. ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#i do #love #rocket #rocket science #science

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critic #critical #evaluation #good #maintaining

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#make #off #pressure #rub #self-inflicted

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#cuts #down #eager #every #fruit

If you want something, have it. If you feel like it's forbidden, you'll want it even more. Whenever I have a craving, I go and have it and just make sure I don't have it again the next day. ↗

— Jerry Ferrara

#craving #day #even #feel #forbidden