#esp

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

#ambition #courage #develop #different #especially

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#display #fellow #fellow creatures #like #love

The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps Welsh rarebit - and then arrive early to do some stretching exercises in the foyer before curtain-up. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#arrive #before #best #best way #bit

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social structures are not like laws of nature. They are human creations, so we are responsible for them. ↗

— Huston Smith

#agenda #creations #ethics #human #laws

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#been #being #bizarre #break #community

My career is chequered. Then I think I got pigeon-holed in humour; Shakespeare is not my thing. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#chequered #got #humour #i #i think

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#cowardice #dangerous #irresponsible #keeps #minds

As an artist, I used to think that my responsibility was to do good work. But I had to learn from the '70s on that being a public figure presents another aspect of responsibility. ↗

— Patti Smith

#artist #aspect #being #figure #good

I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer. ↗

— Martin C. Smith

#busy #considering #enough #especially #guess

To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears. ↗

— John Foster

#desires #elements #fears #his #inner