#meth

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#cause #god #itself #necessary #necessity

Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will. ↗

— Dario Argento

#adored #always #apart #audiences #did

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. ↗

— Aristotle

#also #be grateful #before #contributed #developing

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. ↗

— Aristotle

#hence #history #import #more #nature

But if you cover the World Series on the news or do a feature on an Ali boxing match then all of a sudden ears go up all over the place and people say what the hell are you doing. The reason for that is that we're doing something that people are really interested in. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#boxing #boxing match #cover #doing #ears

China approaches fashion with strong enthusiasm. And I believe that this enthusiasm can be translated into something interesting, economically speaking. Not only for my brand, but also for other brands. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#approaches #believe #brand #brands #china

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business. ↗

— Roone Arledge

#business #different #fool #forces #hand

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#detail #exceptional #focused #mindset #must

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#inspiration #like #looking #out #rather

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#i #like #limit #limiting #music