#fuse

I am no longer sure of anything. If I satiate my desires, I sin but I deliver myself from them; if I refuse to satisfy them, they infect the whole soul. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#anything #deliver #desires #i #i am

I confused things with their names: that is belief. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#confused #i #names #their #things

I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#because #being #could #first #first world

I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#fuehrer #give #give me #had #i

The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place. ↗

— George Saunders

#arises #asking #become #close #constantly

Know the function of a fuse box and the appearance of a tripped circuit breaker. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#box #breaker #circuit #function #fuse

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#assignment #attitude #biased #conflict #danger

Mitt Romney's only bottom line is the one at the end of his own bank statement. The problem is that he confuses his own narrow, self-interest - and that of people like him - with the national interest. He thinks as long as we do right by the Mitt Romneys of the world, America will be just fine. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#bank #bottom #bottom line #confuses #end

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas. ↗

— Dougray Scott

#be careful #careful #clear #confused #different

I know it is a somewhat delicate matter to refuse a gift, but in this case the statue is so atrocious that every endeavour should be made to keep it out of the church. ↗

— Giles Gilbert Scott

#case #church #delicate #endeavour #every