#comp

Directing has completely changed the way I write and watch films. ↗

— Christopher McQuarrie

#completely #directing #films #i #i write

CBS is the largest out-of-home advertising company in the U.S. ↗

— Leslie Moonves

#cbs #company #largest

The tabloids are like animals, with their own behavioural patterns. There's no point in complaining about them, any more than complaining that lions might eat you. ↗

— David Mellor

#any #behavioural #complaining #eat #like

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#clear #complex #every #problem #simple

Insofar as we appreciate order, it is when we perceive it as being accompanied by complexity, when we feel that a variety of elements has been brought to order--that windows, doors and other details have been knitted into a scheme that manages to be at once regular and intricate. (p184) ↗

— Alain de Botton

#building #chaos #complexity #order #architecture

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous. ↗

— Yehudi Menuhin

#compatibility #continuity #creates #disjointed #divergent

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#contribution #depend #everybody #everyone #good

You want to go to a summer concert and not watch a band staring at its shoes for six hours and complaining. ↗

— Bret Michaels

#complaining #concert #go #hours #shoes

They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men. ↗

— James A. Michener

#american men #completely #dozen #group #men

A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations. ↗

— Gary Miller

#competition #contribute #crude #crude oil #demand