#tone

It is curious to reflect, for example, upon the remarkable legend of the Philosopher's Stone, one of the oldest and most universal beliefs, the origin of which, however far back we penetrate into the records of the past, we do not probably trace its real source. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#beliefs #curious #example #far #for example

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#capable #down #find #i #kind

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#humanness #love #our #work

I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers. ↗

— Terry Southern

#beatles #because #cooper #covers #doing

Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty. ↗

— Britney Spears

#cover #i #just #just because #look

But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#british #guys #hair #i #just

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#causes #collapse #conditional #conditional love #cornerstones

You know, with the film industry crews, there's an odd mix between a very technical and a very artistic approach to the work, and sometimes as a woman you have to be a little bit careful about how things come out because people don't really want to listen if it's in a certain emotional tone or too strong. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#approach #artistic #because #between #bit

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#even #few #few women #leadership #milestones

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#comes #epitaph #final #leave #live