#ff

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up. ↗

— Red Auerbach

#always #basketball #catch #defense #developed

If a sufficient number of management layers are superimposed on top of each other, it can be assured that disaster is not left to chance. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#chance #disaster #each #layers #left

Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#between #cat #conception #difference #dog

We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of curse it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#experience #grief #mourning #others #personal-experience

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#fill #folly #fools #men #result

I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues. ↗

— Alan Autry

#around #continues #cooperation #country #federal

But the great thing, and the horrible thing about the web is you can just throw stuff up there and it doesn't cost anybody anything. ↗

— Eric Avery

#anybody #anything #cost #great #great thing

If you only take offense when the president of your party is compared to Hitler, then you're part of the problem. ↗

— John Avlon

#hitler #offense #only #part #party

I think the millions of people who had been able to renegotiate their mortgages so they are paying lower interest rates are better off. ↗

— David Axelrod

#been #better #better off #had #i

Listen, I have a great affection and respect for Joe Biden. I think he's been a great vice president. He's taken on a lot of tough assignments for our administration. ↗

— David Axelrod

#affection #assignments #been #great #i