Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
#quotes #edith-wharton #hardship

Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business. ~Bill Rancic
#quotes #bill-rancic #trump #construction #chicago

The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
#quotes #albert-j-nock #society #knowledge

It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
#quotes #robert-dold #dwight-d-eisenhower #republican #oil

Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
#quotes #warren-farrell #relationship #alcohol

I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
#quotes #stella-mccartney #fashion #technology

Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
#quotes #simone-de-beauvoir #world #truth

There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
#quotes #richard-dawkins #science #knowledge #ignorance

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
#quotes #richard-linklater #faith #believe #intelligence

I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
#quotes #richard-rodgers #theater

Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #business #honesty

A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #nature

Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
#quotes #richard-brinsley-sheridan #ignorance

It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs #death

The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
#quotes #pope-pius-ix #christianity

The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
#quotes #karen-marie-moning #mistakes #eating

Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time, they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn. ~Thomas Friedman
#quotes #thomas-friedman #entrepreneurship #business

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #anarchism #government

The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
#quotes #james-madison #communication #free-speech

Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs

When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
#quotes #rick-danko #technology

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
#quotes #simon-cowell #work #criticism #patience #instincts

Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
#quotes #joe-scarborough #family #children #childhood #marriage

What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
#quotes #robert-scheer #clinton #politics #government