#do

This loss [of freedom] means the fading from human life of values infinitely precious to it. The divergent use of individual temperaments can no longer find their various satisfactions in serious activities. There only remain ironbound conditions of employment and trivial amusements for leisure. ↗

— A. N. Whitehead

#leisure #modern-society #work #freedom

I do actually like Los Angeles. Partly because I was told I wouldn't. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#angeles #because #i #i do #like

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. ↗

— Samuel Dash

#difference #doing #imagination #initiative #make

Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap. ↗

— Richard J. Codey

#budget #chases #close #dog #engaging

The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#dull #going #great #idea #illusion

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss. ↗

— Edward Young

#joys #remedies #superior #weak #wisdom

Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them. ↗

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#genius #gift #higherlife #human-resources #ipad

Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#broadcasts #conferences #doing #going #i

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot. ↗

— Jay Leno

#doctors #england #idiot #journal #medicine

There's only one requirement of any of us, and that is to be courageous. Because courage, as you might know, defines all other human behavior. And, I believe - because I've done a little of this myself - pretending to be courageous is just as good as the real thing. ↗

— David Letterman

#because #behavior #believe #courage #courageous