#thought

He had a wonderful talent for packing thought close, and rendering it portable. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#had #packing #portable #rendering #talent

We discovered that there was a great deal of keen interest in America for the kinds of products that we thought could be produced here. Also there was an interest in Britain for Australian material generally. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#america #australian #britain #could #deal

Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#always #definite #experience #field #origin

Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again. ↗

— Ernst Mach

#astronomy #cast #correction #doubt #easily

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. ↗

— Arthur Machen

#better #contemptible #department #exquisite #fail

I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?' ↗

— Theresa May

#campaign #did #election #god #hairstyle

I mean, that was a throwaway thought, because my focus was - my intent and my focus was to never go public. ↗

— Andrea Mackris

#focus #go #i #intent #mean

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#experience #gained #given #how #ideas

We thought sex was free. Sex is not free. There's a price to be paid emotionally, physically, even legally. Sex isn't a casual thing. It's a huge thing. ↗

— William H. Macy

#emotionally #even #free #huge #huge thing

When Fargo came out, I hired a publicist for the first time in my life. I thought, if ever I was going to make it, that was then. ↗

— William H. Macy

#ever #fargo #first #first time #going