#averse

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse. ↗

— Helen Keller

#experience #half #hour #human #human experience

And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome. ↗

— Otto Schily

#absolutely #averse #cannot #closely #coming

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#accuse #alone #am #appear #appendage

I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks. ↗

— James MacArthur

#averse #capital #even #generating #growth

I'm not averse to helping Wall Street when it helps Main Street. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#helping #helps #i #main #main street

As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are a kid, you think everything is possible, and I think with creativity it is so important to keep that naivety. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#because #become #creativity #everything #find

But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie. ↗

— Thomas Haden Church

#demographic #embrace #funny #funny movie #gets

Tristețea persista, dar durerea aproape că dispăruse, ca și cum s-ar fi evaporat. Atinsese acel prag unde durerea care sfâșie nu mai e decât o melancolie plutitoare ce mai curând umbrește decât rănește. ↗

— Claude Roy

#intalnirea-de-pe-podul-artelor #la-traversee-du-pont-des-arts #roy #art

El însuși părea să-și fi luat, față de trecutul lui, distanța pe care o dă indiferența și, poate, ironia. Unele însemnări din carnetul său îl arăta sarcastic, fără rîcă și detașat de toate, cum știu să fie doar cei care într-adevăr au ajuns până departe. ↗

— Claude Roy

#intalnirea #intalnirea-de-pe-podul-artelor #la-traversee-du-pont-des-arts #roy #art

Often we women are risk averse. I needed the push. Now, more than ever, young women need more seasoned women to provide that encouragement, to take a risk, to go for it. Once a glass ceiling is broken, it stays broken. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#broken #ceiling #encouragement #ever #glass