#bridges

We have a long way to go before we are able to hear the voices of everyone on earth, but I believe that providing voices and building bridges is essential for the World Peace we all wish for. ↗

— Joichi Ito

#before #believe #bridges #building #earth

There are certain things that Americans expect their government to do. Our infrastructure is vitally important. Putting people back to work with construction is important. Our roads, our bridges, our sewers, our waterways, our dams - this is what makes our country so special. ↗

— Valerie Jarrett

#bridges #certain #certain things #construction #country

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. ↗

— Nikita Khrushchev

#build #even #over #politicians #promise

I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me. ↗

— Dinah Shore

#behind #bridges #burn #fire #had

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. ↗

— Dylan Thomas

#burns #fire #makes #nice #very

The whole purpose of the construction of The Bridge of Silver Wings was to provide a path leading to The River of Winged Dreams, or to serve as a resting place until the river’s deeper and truer nature revealed itself. ↗

— Aberjhani

#angels #bridges #contemporary-poetry #dreams #meaning

The sin of worldliness is a preoccupation with the things of this temporal life. It's accepting and going along with the views and practices of society around us without discerning if they are biblical. I believe that the key to our tendencies toward worldliness lies primarily in the two words "going along". We simply go along with the values and practices of society. ↗

— Jerry Bridges

#respectable-sins #worldliness #life

I don't wanna need you because I can't have you. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#need #the-bridges-of-madison-county #unattainable #love

What are we going to do, Ayden?" she whispered, glaring up at me. "I don't know," I confessed. "But how about we burn that bridge when we get there?" "I thought it was 'cross' that bridge?" I lightly poked her in the eye and she laughed. "No. We're burning bridges. Crossing is so overrated." I smiled and touched the corner of her eyes, captivated by the iridescent blues. "I think I like the sound of that," she whispered. "Yeah?" "Yeah. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#love #regrets #secrets #love

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#best #bridges #change #choruses #figured