#mainly

The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: 'Blue Planet,' 'Walking with Beasts,' 'Son of God,' 'Clocking Off,' 'The Way We Live Now,' 'Conspiracy,' 'Lost World.' ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#bbc #beasts #best #blue #comparison

Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which has given ever more status to senior reporters, presumably because it is cheaper to do that than to offer higher pay. ↗

— Evan Davis

#although #anything #bbc #because #being

As it happens, I have personally been something of an enthusiast for the London Olympic games, mainly on the grounds a) that a bit of wasteland will be made nice and b) that it tends to make everybody happy that their country should be the centre of world attention for a couple of weeks in their life. ↗

— Evan Davis

#been #bit #centre #country #couple

I've always loved painting, although I never show anyone what I've done. Mainly because I don't do it well. But it's like a form of visual diary for me. A way of fixing things in my mind. ↗

— Judi Dench

#always #anyone #because #diary #done

Big game photography in Africa is mainly done from a vehicle, so then I feel I might as well take the lot. ↗

— Nigel Dennis

#big #done #feel #game #i

It is on the acceptance or rejection of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests the belief or unbelief in the existence around us of other conscious beings besides the Spirits of the Dead. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#around #beings #belief #besides #conscious

I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#down #good #i #mainly #movies

For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and I felt bad about writing it. I felt bad mainly as a writer and a thinker. ↗

— Gregg Easterbrook

#bad #controversy #criticized #deserved #felt

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#believe in yourself #depends #mainly #success #think

I never mixed with golfers when I was playing, mainly because I didn't want to talk golf all night. ↗

— Nick Faldo

#because #golf #golfers #i #mainly