#versa

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#adversary #compromise #conflicting #deprived #due

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#becomes #brain #conversations #direction #faculties

I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left. ↗

— Ellen Burstyn

#director #go-ahead #good #good story #i

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#beyond #desire #every #income #innate

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#building #consists #conversation #man #observation

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place. ↗

— Judith Wright

#deepest #emotions #expression #feelings #honored

I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#am #bill #bill clinton #bush #called

We have a plan that creates universal access programs at the state level which allows folks to access insurance if they're denied by their insurer. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#allows #creates #denied #folks #insurance

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. ↗

— Frank Capra

#languages #mathematics #music #other #three

'What is the use of a book', thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?' ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#book #conversations #pictures #thought #use