#commit

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#balance #because #commitment #different #dull

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world. ↗

— Henry Adams

#commit #day #existence #human #human race

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#blunder #committed #dear #debarred #his

A committee is a group of the unprepared, appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary. ↗

— Fred Allen

#committee #group #unnecessary #unprepared #unwilling

Committee - a group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done. ↗

— Fred Allen

#decide #done #group #individually #men

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#considered #crime #drunk #excuse #fact

Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to bringing stability and safety to their country. ↗

— Jay Rockefeller

#bringing #committed #community #country #demonstrate

That’s when I feel like the real me. I want to be a rock for you too, but I often feel inadequate to do so. I know I should express my self-doubt to you rather than leave you guessing my feelings. If I am given the chance, I will show you just how much my very essence is intertwined with yours and that I am incomplete without you. I will commit to nurturing our union, including keeping the lines of communication open. ↗

— Kristen James

#love #communication

Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind. ↗

— Criss Jami

#conviction #courage #determination #entail #genius

Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true, But you and I know what this world can do. So let's make our steps clear so the other may see. And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#song-lyrics #dreams