#activity

I have noticed, with much distress, the excessive wartime activity of the investigating bureaus of Congress and the administration, with their impertinent and indecent searching out of the private lives and the past political beliefs of individuals. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#administration #beliefs #bureaus #congress #distress

Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the "environmentalist" view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#calling #cease #come #effort #environmentalist

She's always getting into trouble because she gets bored really really easily. [...] My mum says it's because Celia has an attention span the size of a sesame seed. Celia's mum says it's because Celia's identity is unfurling itself slowly, like a tulip bud, and it's a breathtakingly beautiful thing to see. ↗

— Jaclyn Moriarty

#getting-into-trouble #humor #humour #hyperactivity #beauty

It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq. ↗

— John Abizaid

#arab #cause #clear #community #effort

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. ↗

— Xun Zi

#fluency #mind #moderate #quickness #rest

Physical activity can get you going when you are immobilized. Get action in your life, and don't just talk about it. Get into the arena! ↗

— John Davidson

#action #activity #arena #get #going

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there's nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized. ↗

— Wayne Dyer

#activity #because #control #immobilized #keeps

Thirty years ago, in 1976, the notion of organized activity to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity was an extremely controversial one. ↗

— Robert Brady

#ago #based #combat #controversial #discrimination

You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan. ↗

— James Carville

#activity #another #bipartisan #criticize #democrat

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under control and keep the economy moving in the right direction, with economic growth and job creation activity. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#budget #called #clearly #control #creation