#than

As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a 'Near Great' even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#even #every #extremely #finally #good

It's easier to put on slippers than to carpet the whole world. ↗

— Al Franken

#easier #put #slippers #than #whole

A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#another #back #behind #city #dailies

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#better #child #christmas #first #hopefully

You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#back #cheerfulness #extra #height #inches

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#collect #existed #form #friends #graphic

There's no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#anybody #doubt #else #extremes #greater

The pursuit of beauty is much more dangerous nonsense than the pursuit of truth or goodness, because it affords a stronger temptation to the ego. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#beauty #because #dangerous #ego #goodness

I know there are parents who are very structured and organized and are certainly far more together than I am, it's just not me. ↗

— Soleil Moon Frye

#certainly #far #i #i am #just

I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#books #bore #create #death #expecting