#ultimate

The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal that you can gather votes like box tops is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

#breakfast #breakfast cereal #candidates #cereal #democratic

But ultimately what I was impressed by during my years in government was how much the intellectual climate and the prevailing intellectual notions constrained and represented the universe within which the discourse took place. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#constrained #discourse #during #government #how

Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#cynical #denies #end #entertainments #experience

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. ↗

— David Hare

#civilization #tendency #towards #ultimate

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#aim #ego #see #something #ultimate

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#poverty #ultimate

People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live? ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#going #how #live #people #tell

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#between #chasm #creator #every #experiences

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#differently #him #part #people #played

I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this thing has a reason for being there. ↗

— Frank Miller

#being there #best #create #efforts #i