#taking

Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#always #crisis #extremists #going #situation

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#between #billiards #bunch #chess #game

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#any #change #continuing #decision #dominant

The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't. ↗

— Mary Astell

#decline #down #folly #go #gradual

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#even #his #man #over #passing

I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that. ↗

— Christian Bale

#enjoy #i #i do #insanity #like

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#difficult #easy #getting #notice #sit

I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#i #idea #love #machines #personality

One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#does #love #oneself #opening #risk

But John Landis wrote a good relationship which is really what the film's about. A very straightforward young woman who's very sure of herself and she meets a young man who needs some taking care of. ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#care #film #good #good relationship #herself