#commit

Contrary to current cynicism about past golden ages, the abstraction known as 'the intelligent layperson' does exist - in the form of millions of folks with a passionate commitment to continuous learning. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#abstraction #ages #commitment #continuous #contrary

I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#businesswoman #committed #description #i #like

Religion is a strange, wonderful thing. More crimes have been committed in the name of righteousness than any other notion. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#been #committed #crimes #more #name

I think it's critical that you feel you're working for a person who is committed to advancing your career. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#career #committed #critical #feel #i

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud. ↗

— Bernard Ebbers

#find #fraud #knowingly #me #will

I voted against the climate-change legislation. Not that I don't believe we should move to a clean-energy economy, and it can be good for South Dakota's economy to do so, but it was started out as a very partisan bill in the committee. ↗

— Stephanie Herseth

#believe #bill #committee #dakota #economy

I do understand what it is to not want to commit to someone, knowing that might bring pain or commit to a life that has to do with being responsible to people other than myself. These things, I think, are normal things. ↗

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

#being responsible #bring #commit #i #i do

Visionary people face the same problems everyone else faces; but rather than get paralyzed by their problems, visionaries immediately commit themselves to finding a solution. ↗

— Bill Hybels

#else #everyone #face #faces #finding

The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#began #british #campaign #commitment #cross

The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#although #chew #commitment #design #get