#be

Experiments were not attempted at that time, we did not believe in the usefulness of the concept anyway, and I finished my thesis in 1962 with a feeling like an artist balancing on a high rope without any interested spectators. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#anyway #artist #attempted #balancing #believe

The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so. ↗

— Mahalia Jackson

#because #dance #dead #glory #i

A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving. ↗

— Ray Kurzweil

#facilities #her #just #learned #less

I love, love, love fashion so much. That's why I became a model in the first place. ↗

— Linda Evangelista

#fashion #first #i #i love #love

The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#authorities #belonged #men #morocco #people

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#getting #hate #i #lose #mind

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#actions #been #deed #done #history

I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started. ↗

— Ray Kurzweil

#because #finished #i #interested #invention

I have a hard time believing athletes are overpriced. If an owner is losing money, give it up. It's a business. I have trouble figuring out why owners would stay in if they're losing money. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#believing #business #figuring #give #hard

If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citizens to confess by word or act. ↗

— Robert Jackson

#any #citizens #confess #constitutional #fixed