#action

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none. ↗

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it. ↗

#hanging #man #object #satisfaction #who

In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension. ↗

— Charles Scott Sherrington

#contraction #discharge #frequency #lessening #may

Rosa Parks was a woman of strength, conviction, and morality. Her action on December 1, 1955, to defy the law made her a leading figure in our nation's civil rights history. ↗

— John Shimkus

#civil #civil rights #conviction #december #defy

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#distraction #itself #out

Vegetables, which are the lowest in the scale of living things, are fed by roots, which, implanted in the native soil, select by the action of a peculiar mechanism, different subjects, which serve to increase and to nourish them. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#different #different subjects #fed #implanted #increase

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. ↗

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

#hope #instant #reaction #results #spread

I'm involved in so many different things, and there are so many profound reactions to what I do because I am big counter culture. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#because #big #counter #culture #different

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#action #chief #great #head #heart

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life. ↗