#able

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#every #excellence #free #free man #goal

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#compelled #happen #man #nine #out

Canada's a huge country, so to be able to unite the country through communication satellite technology or to be able to observe it through remote sensing technology from space is a natural fit for a country like Canada. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#canada #communication #country #fit #huge

Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money, I mean, because I'm established enough now as a writer to get a reasonable advance if I wanted to do fiction. ↗

— Helen Garner

#advance #because #crossroads #enough #established

I do like having my ears pierced, because there's a lot more choice in pierced earrings than there is with clip-ons, and they're a lot more comfortable to wear - Sometimes I completely forget I've got them in and end up going to sleep wearing them. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#choice #comfortable #completely #earrings #ears

Also, as I've gotten older and more mature, I've become much more comfortable in my own skin. After 25 years of doing stand-up, that's reflected onstage. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#also #become #comfortable #doing #gotten

But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#also #communication #despite #forget #handy

What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#artists #best #classically #committed #confident

It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#absolutely #absolutely not #acceptable #anything #argue

Look, very clearly there are things that need to be done urgently in relation to climate change, and of those the most obvious is to have an enforceable and equitable arrangement delivering deep cuts in emissions into the middle of the century. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#century #change #clearly #climate #climate change