#ails

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ↗

— John Mortimer

#clean #common #common sense #finger #law

If Obama fails to win reelection, let the blame be first laid at the door of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who at a pivotal point threw gasoline on the flames by comparing angry American citizens to Nazis. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#american citizens #angry #blame #citizens #comparing

If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. ↗

— William James

#becomes #fails #fulfill #organism #potentialities

It's a very strange thing for a designer to say, but one of the things that really irritates me in products is when I'm aware of designers wagging their tails in my face. ↗

— Jonathan Ive

#designer #designers #face #i #irritates

This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers. We're supposed to be really good at this. That doesn't mean we don't listen to customers, but it's hard for them to tell you what they want when they've never seen anything remotely like it. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#computers #customers #details #easy #good

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#courage #either #endeavors #fails #his

I've been working on my finishing for quite some time. It's just a question of paying attention to the minor details. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#been #details #finishing #i #just

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#everyone #fails #failure #i #i can

The consummate gentleman on the planet today is George Clooney, who never fails to go the extra mile for people. Every person matters to George. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#consummate #every #extra #extra mile #fails

One fails forward toward success. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#forward #success #toward