#fine

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#fine #first #idea #obviously #opera

Because bankers measure their self-worth in money, and pay themselves a lot of it, they think they're fine fellows and don't need to explain themselves. ↗

— James Buchan

#because #explain #fellows #fine #lot

The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds of millions more a life of ease and plenty, and, by allowing great cities to feed themselves from every corner of the world, multiplied the population of the earth fivefold. ↗

— James Buchan

#began #centuries #cities #corner #earth

There are only Epicureans, either crude or refined; Christ was the most refined. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#crude #either #most #only #refined

The market didn't define the music; the music defined the market. ↗

— Charlie Hunter

#defined #market #music

I've got to restructure all my personal life now in order to accommodate public service, which is fine. ↗

— Max Burns

#fine #got #i #life #now

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination. ↗

— Jeb Bush

#determination #dogged #fine #fine line #line

There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#application #fine #nothing #rough #skin

We should confine booing in sports arenas to sport. I love a good boo as much as the next football fan. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#boo #booing #confine #fan #football

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed. ↗

— Benjamin Cardozo

#duty #obeyed #risk