#choose

When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ↗

— Owen Wister

#just #you

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant. ↗

— Russell Banks

#accountant #almost #anyone #average #chooses

If I were to adopt pure mechanism as a philosophy, there would be no way I could choose to be a scholar. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#choose #could #i #mechanism #philosophy

Choose your battles wisely. After all, life isn't measured by how many times you stood up to fight. It's not winning battles that makes you happy, but it's how many times you turned away and chose to look into a better direction. Life is too short to spend it on warring. Fight only the most, most, most important ones, let the rest go. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#choose-your-battles-wisely #choosing-peace #choosing-serenity #fighting-battles #inspirational-life

And since discriminating fans can pick and choose exactly what they want to buy, artists and their labels are more conscious than they've ever been of making sure that every song on a new album is as good as can be. ↗

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr.

#artists #been #buy #choose #conscious

Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow skunks to choose the weapons. ↗

— Joseph Cannon

#choose #duel #enough #fool #must

If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask. ↗

— Frances Conroy

#bought #choose #frankenstein #mask #own

I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it. ↗

— Gerry Cooney

#around #attention #baseball #choose #country

The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts. ↗

— Ivan Illich

#actually #always #american #attitude #believe

Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#choose #choose-love #courage #destiny #listen-heart