#than

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#had #i #rather #rome #second

People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.' ↗

— Sid Caesar

#hours #i #laughter #many #me

An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court. ↗

— William Feather

#court #invitation #invokes #more #police

Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you. ↗

— William Feather

#certainly #difficult #here #inspiration #intelligent

There are some circles in America where it seems to be more socially acceptable to carry a hand-gun than a packet of cigarettes. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

#america #carry #cigarettes #circles #more

You know, the period of World War I and the Roaring Twenties were really just about the same as today. You worked, and you made a living if you could, and you tired to make the best of things. For an actor or a dancer, it was no different then than today. It was a struggle. ↗

— James Cagney

#actor #best #could #dancer #different

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be. ↗

— Abraham Cahan

#i #imagined #much #shorter #than

Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court. ↗

— Dean Cain

#better #blown #court #denzel #either

The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage of Republicans voted for that than did Democrats. But a Democrat president signed it, so they co-opted credit for having passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ↗

— Herman Cain

#back #civil #civil rights #civil rights act #co-opted

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it. ↗

— William Feather

#applause #because #bound #gets #himself