#former

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#children #condition #dead #formerly #happiness

Well, actually, I had been working as a consultant to former companies of Enron, or predecessor companies of Enron and, so, I joined in 1990 to really start our wholesale merchant business. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#been #business #companies #consultant #enron

Once in a while a new government initiates a program to put power to better use, but its success or failure never really proves anything. In science, experiments are designed, checked, altered, repeated-- but not in politics... We have no real cumulative knowledge. History tells us nothing. That's the tragedy of a political reformer. ↗

— B.F. Skinner

#politics #science #design

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer. ↗

— Ted Williams

#baseball #considered #endeavor #field #good

I still insist that American performers are the best performers in the world. ↗

— Tony Bennett

#best #i #insist #performers #still

I think he is an entertainer. I would prefer if he were a performer. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#i #i think #performer #prefer #think

Let me start by saying, I'm utterly disgusted with the former members of the Dead Kennedys. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#disgusted #former #i #kennedys #me

As a performer, I'm very, very confident in what I do. ↗

— Russell Brand

#i #i do #performer #very

I'm usually put off by performers when they get political. ↗

— Tracey Ullman

#i #off #performers #political #put

I just didn't want to get out there anymore; I didn't want to get back into what I call 'the swamp.' And the other reason why is I don't think it's good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama's got plenty of critics - and I'm just not gonna be one. ↗

— George W. Bush

#anymore #back #call #critics #former