#ect

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time. ↗

— Voltaire

#degrees #hand #perfection #requires #slow

I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand. ↗

— Rick Wagoner

#budget #chance #clearly #conversation #direct

It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project. ↗

— Donnie Wahlberg

#go #i #material #matter #me

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#chosen #must #respected #wisely

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. ↗

— Alice Walker

#live #nothing #surprise

May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good. ↗

— Ralph Thomas Walker

#architects #been #book #contrary #fellow

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God. ↗

— Simone Weil

#god #invented #life #life is a #parable

Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying to reach agreements with are people who can be trusted to keep their word. ↗

— Caspar Weinberger

#foolish #indeed #ineffective #keep #negotiating

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement. ↗

— Peter Weir

#became #because #camera #director #film

The seed is a household object but at the same time it is a revolutionary symbol. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#object #revolutionary #same #seed #symbol