#des

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#charm #decades #hanging #i #lost

One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates. ↗

— Kit Bond

#administration #arab #company #deal #emirates

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career. ↗

— Lisa Bonet

#art #beauty #building #career #create

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#desired #economic #rarely #results #sanctions

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#different #different sides #life #life and death #line

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.' ↗

— Lao Tzu

#did #good #good leader #great #leader

If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles. ↗

— Pat Boone

#apostles #billy #billy graham #deserves #figure

An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#crafted #design #easily #image #individual

We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement of a new product, what we have all along wanted without really knowing it. ↗

— Daniel J. Boorstin

#always #announcement #desires #discover #eager

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#ancient #catastrophes #desolation #despair #diseases