#con

My belief is that the purpose of economic life is to meet the social needs of people. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#economic #economic life #life #meet #needs

Toyota was the first to put a commercial fuel cell powered car on the road, and I have no doubt that Toyota will continue to be in the front lines in the development of competitive fuel cell vehicles. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#cell #commercial #competitive #continue #development

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#ayn rand #because #compassion #economical #fiction

We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#burst #control #distorted #environment #eventually

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat. ↗

— John Gay

#die #must #retreat #who

Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only become so in isolated spots, as a chain of connection to a more fertile country; if such a country exist to the westward. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#chain #civilized #civilized man #connection #country

When you're jumping, it's just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you're falling. That's the best part - a few seconds to celebrate and relax. ↗

— Jenn Suhr

#aggressiveness #bar #best #best part #celebrate

It would be nice if you have a hit. But I don't think it's necessary to continue with my career at this point. ↗

— Donna Summer

#career #continue #hit #i #necessary

If I practised sex, out of moral conviction, that was one thing; but to enjoy it... seemed a defeat. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#defeat #enjoy #i #moral #one thing

When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#carelessness #keep #needed #people #revival