#cons

Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable. ↗

— Harry Johnston

#arctic #circle #considerable #far #gulf

If the Holy Spirit can take over the subconscious with our consent and cooperation, then we have almighty Power working at the basis of our lives, then we can do anything we ought to do, go anywhere we ought to go, and be anything we ought to be. ↗

— E. Stanley Jones

#anything #anywhere #basis #consent #cooperation

I mean I grew up in Ireland, so one would have to be consciously blinkered not to have reflected on the issue of political violence because that was the story since I was 19 years old or 20. ↗

— Neil Jordan

#consciously #grew #i #ireland #issue

The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to be wound up again in order to renew the motion of the paddle. ↗

— James Prescott Joule

#consequently #descended #distance #ground #had

For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#benjamin #benjamin franklin #constitution #credited #franklin

The arts are very alive in Ireland, so that had its influence on me. But I consider myself European, really. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#arts #consider #european #had #i

There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change? ↗

— Andrea Jung

#business #ceo #change #come #con

A representative is free delivery; she's a personal beauty consultant. Some people want that high touch. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#consultant #delivery #free #high #people

Since I'm a mother and a wife, I have to have passion or the frustration would win out. But I love managing people. The product is second to managing the people. And marketing to consumers is so challenging because it is evolving constantly. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#challenging #constantly #consumers #evolving #frustration

There's obviously a correlation between an economically empowered woman and the investments she makes. That leads to her social and moral conscience for bettering her community. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#community #conscience #correlation #economically #empowered