#fit

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#caused #fits #hate #how #indigestion

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#careers #davis #ella #ella fitzgerald #emulate

People like Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Marlene Dietrich and Sammy Davis Jr. all walked me down this path of entertainment. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#down #ella #ella fitzgerald #entertainment #fitzgerald

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. ↗

— George Washington

#left #mankind #own #their #themselves

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. ↗

— George Washington

#bought #dearly #derive #errors #experience

No one in the world can beat Ella Fitzgerald as a riff singer. ↗

— Ethel Waters

#ella #ella fitzgerald #fitzgerald #riff #singer

The Republican Party is terrific at determining how a program will impact the federal budget, but we're not nearly as good as the Democrats in explaining to people how our agenda will directly benefit them and their families. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#benefit #budget #democrats #determining #directly

I know I have a successful career, a successful life. If I sit and say, 'Look, I have a comfortable life,' and I... just think about myself, I don't think that would be fair. That would be very selfish. Because everything I do in my life is to benefit my people. ↗

— George Weah

#because #benefit #career #comfortable #comfortable life

If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#build #far #great #group #host

Do you know what the overhead is of the Medicare system? One-point-zero-five percent. Do you know what - private insurance is 30 percent in overhead and profits? Given a choice how I'm going to improve health care, I'm going to take it away from private insurance profits and overhead. Wouldn't you? ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#care #choice #do you know #given #going