#gag

The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#approaching #bank #convince #evil #go

We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#conduct #country #educated #engaging #flagrant

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him. ↗

— Xun Zi

#animal #believe #boasts #conducts #deception

When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#birth #death #engaged #life #peace

Humor is the most engaging cowardice. ↗

— Robert Frost

#engaging #humor #most

I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#engaged #firsthand #i #learned #people

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement. ↗

— Ken Burns

#based #choices #cynicism #disengagement #fear

We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids. ↗

— LeVar Burton

#amazing #developed #engaging #kids #now

So many people always try to help me carry my luggage and help me do things I can do myself. If I can do it myself, I'm going to do it myself. I'm not going to let other people do it for me, and I think that's a big part of where I came from. I'm not a real prissy girl. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#big #came #carry #girl #going

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#achieve #alive #associated #being #doing