#convent

In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented. ↗

— Northrop Frye

#conventional #copyright #day #disguised #distinctive

I've just got into the convention circuit in the last couple of years and it's great to see all these people who are still interested in the show. It's so gratifying to hear that so many people enjoyed the work that Erin and I have done. ↗

— Gil Gerard

#convention #couple #done #enjoyed #erin

I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition. ↗

— Otto Hahn

#details #did #hague #i #knew

It's always interesting - how do you actually convey thought through song? We're used to the convention on stage. In film, we used to be used to it, and now sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. You need to be fresh and really look at the material. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#always #convention #convey #film #fresh

This is nothing negative about the other candidates. It's just a recognition of the fact that Governor Romney has won more delegates. He's the only person that really has a chance to take the winning number of delegates into the convention. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#candidates #chance #convention #delegates #fact

My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#centers #considered #conventional #different #different areas

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order. ↗

— Florence King

#bite #conventions #etiquette #matters #merely

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#convention #conventional #criticism #departure #fury

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far. ↗

— George Santayana

#conventions #courtesy #doubts #far #kind

One of my movies was called "True Lies." It's what the Democrats should have called their convention. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

#convention #democrats #lies #movies #should