#sly

As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections. ↗

— Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

#american #begin #convenient #critics #imperfections

Obviously you don't want to be anonymous, but you don't want everyone to know your life. ↗

— Alison Lohman

#everyone #know #life #obviously #want

Curiously enough, it seems to be only in describing a mode of language which does not mean what it says that one can actually say what one means. ↗

— Paul de Man

#curiously #describing #does #enough #language

Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#any #been #classical #classical composers #composers

In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color. ↗

— Catharine MacKinnon

#appointment #color #company #great #harvard

I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all. ↗

— Greg Maddux

#fun #game #i #love #more

Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

#continuously #himself #man #say #thinkers

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly. ↗

— Agnes Martin

#artist #artwork #concern #exactly #experience

It's enormously good fun. I love it. I really do. I have this sort of set face. ↗

— Marsha Mason

#face #fun #good #i #i love

We're living under the Obama economy. Any CEO in America with a record like this after three years on the job would be graciously shown the door. This president blames the managers instead. He blames the folks on the shop floor. He blames the weather. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#america #any #blames #ceo #door