#default

Sure, we thought the acres That we tilled were sacred, But how could we have known That wheat can haunt like ghosts ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#family-farm #poem #poetry #sherman-alexie #short-poems

My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#decision #default #drift #less #more

We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation. ↗

— Jon Voight

#become #becoming #causes #default #freedoms

For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default. ↗

— Mohamed El-Erian

#different #economies #especially #european #going

Don't let anything stand in the way of you claiming and manifesting the life that you choose rather than the life you have by default. ↗

— Joy Page

#choose #claiming #default #life #manifesting

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#cannot #could #currency #debts #default

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#default #expect #greek #happens #other

I'm a better editorial cartoonist by default because so many editorial cartoonists out there are so awful. ↗

— Ted Rall

#because #better #cartoonist #cartoonists #default

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#default #fact #government #inside #journalists

People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default.' That's ridiculous. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#criticize #default #ignore #just #like