#elves

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#back #being #give #killing #lethal

America is moving forward and gaining strength. We have been tested, and we have proven ourselves to be a tough, resilient and resourceful nation. ↗

— Bill Frist

#been #forward #gaining #moving #moving forward

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#either #incapable #loving #others #persons

Both dreams and myths are important communications from ourselves to ourselves. If we do not understand the language in which they are written, we miss a great deal of what we know and tell ourselves in those hours when we are not busy manipulating the outside world. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#busy #communications #deal #dreams #great

When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#damage #disorder #encourage #encouraging #gained

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#every #excellence #free #free man #goal

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#giving #important #paper #people #reliability

Very few people can truly divorce themselves from what they feel emotionally and sexually. ↗

— Boy George

#emotionally #feel #few #few people #people

We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong to a loving, permanent family was washed away by the waves of the tsunami. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#asia #away #believe #belong #children

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo should be developing new technologies to bypass government sensors and barriers to the Internet; but instead, they agreed to guard the gates themselves. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#barriers #bypass #developing #gates #google