#thing

When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends. ↗

— Orson Welles

#down #friends #noses #out #something

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong. ↗

— Orson Welles

#good #isolated #should #something #wrong

Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else. ↗

— Orson Welles

#anything #because #being #cops #did

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai. ↗

— Orson Welles

#am #back #beard #because #cheap

They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies. ↗

— Orson Welles

#major #mud #pies #teach #today

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them. ↗

— Orson Welles

#careful #feel #i #i feel #lose

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#been #lost #next #nothing #sad

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious. ↗

— Arthur Wellesley

#discreet #mysterious #render #things #unnecessary

We are all entitled to our opinions and religious beliefs, but we are not entitled to make shit up and then use the shit we made up to oppress other people. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#tiny-beautiful-things #beauty

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#basically #books #britain #classes #come