#be

To prevent the weaker members of the community from being preyed upon by innumerable vultures, it was needful that there should be an animal of prey stronger than the rest, commissioned to keep them down. But as the king of vultures would be no less bent upon preying upon the flock than any of the minor harpies, it was indispensable to be in a perpetual attitude of defense against his beak and claws. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#attitude

Tall, black-haired, rouged, Kaiser-moustached, he cackled and screamed in weird attitudes, giggling in high soprano, hiding his little black teeth behind an exquisitely gloved hand - the 'poseur' absolute. He was said to have slept with Sarah Bernhard and vomited for a week afterwards. ↗

— William Sansom

#attitude

That’s the beauty of books. We get to take what we want out of them and it can be different for everyone. ↗

— Kristen Ashley

#beauty

Your Majesty, I'm afraid everything that could possibly go wrong is going wrong," said Major Sir Michael Parker, an impresario for royal events with an expertise in pyrotechnics. "Oh good, what fun!" she replied with a smile. ↗

— Sally Bedell Smith

#queen-elizabeth #attitude

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#life #beauty

Now, I do think when we move into 2012 and '13 when, presumably, the economy is on firmer ground, I would allow the tax rates for upper-income individuals to revert back to where they were before the cuts in the 1990s. I think at that point it makes perfect sense. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#back #before #cuts #economy #firmer

A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#altitudes #appreciate #appreciation #attitude #attitudes

Your time is way too valuable to be wasting on people that can't accept who you are. ↗

— Turcois Ominek

#believe-in-yourself #inspiration #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #letting-go

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#amazing #complete #delusion #goodness #how

Our ability to have patience, and our attitude toward others, define who we are at any given time. ↗