#whereas

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#doing #doing good #exert #giving #good

The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#actually #fluid #goal #life #never

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead. ↗

— Edward Hoagland

#although #better #better life #both #buy

On the iPhone I tended to draw with my thumb. Whereas the moment I got to the iPad, I found myself using every finger. ↗

— David Hockney

#every #finger #found #got #i

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#always #certain #happy #life #making

Whereas there's a wealth of galleries in Australia, everyone's got a gallery in Australia or wants your work. Because the art scene is smaller in Indonesia, there's not so much competition. ↗

— Andrew Jack

#australia #because #competition #everyone #galleries

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#adult #america #audience #been #european

I think it's easy for me to connect to some people, and I don't know if that's the same thing as falling in love whereas before, I might have said it was. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#connect #easy #falling #falling in love #i

What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#character #create #film #full #great

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians. ↗

— Fletcher Knebel

#art #getting #harder #people #politicians