#ted

I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

#change #clear #did #films #flower

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#children #fairy-tales #intelligence

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#attributed-to-einstein-no-source #life

We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby. ↗

— Jack Adams

#alerted #american #attacks #carriers #damaging

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#be different #different #into #itself #omnipotent

Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts. ↗

— Aeschylus

#beasts #female #masters #men #passion

The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance. ↗

— Aeschylus

#anvil #does #fate #firm #forging

A brick could be used to represent no, and a blanket could be used to represent yes. If I ask you, “Will you sleep with me?” I expect you to run to the bedroom, get naked, and get under the blanket. Whatever you do, do not reach for the brick.
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

A brick could be used as a cock block. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. ↗

— Mark Akenside

#fantastic #imaginary #joys #painted #pursues