#stood

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. ↗

— James Madison

#cannot #choice #incoherent #laws #little

I'm not driven by being understood. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#driven #i #understood

My fate has been that what I undertook was fully understood only after the fact. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#been #fact #fate #fully #i

When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#backed #boss #called #could #down

I always enjoyed playing ball, and it didn't matter to me whether I played with white kids or black. I never understood why an issue was made of who I played with, and I never felt comfortable, when I grew up, telling other people how to act. ↗

— Willie Mays

#always #ball #black #comfortable #enjoyed

I think the point to be understood is that we're all different. I've never been a fan of theories of acting. I didn't go to drama school, so I was never put through a training that was limited by someone saying, 'This is the way you should act.' ↗

— Ian Mckellen

#acting #been #different #drama #drama school

If heaven is understood more as God's space on earth than as an ethereal region apart from the essential reality we know, then what happens on earth matters even more than we think, for the Christian life becomes a continuation of the unfolding work of Jesus, who will one day return to set the world to rights. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#becomes #christian #christian life #continuation #day

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#crime #entertain #feeling #found #guilty

There are so many things I'd like to change in the industry. Everything from the reliance of style over substance to their reluctance to hire me for big budget blockbusters, but the thing I would love most would be if they understood people don't have to be Hollywood beautiful to be sexy or interesting. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#big #big budget #blockbusters #budget #change

Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood. ↗

— Moliere

#pray #scholarly #speak #talk #understood