#gettin

We're not getting any younger. ↗

— Donald Fagen

#getting #younger

There was a moment there when it was getting really bad and everyone was being let go. I was, like, 'Can I get fired, please? Can I move on with my life? ↗

— Michelle Branch

#being #everyone #fired #get #getting

Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us. ↗

— David Brin

#civilization #could #culture #down #feed

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it? ↗

— David Brin

#does #elephant #enough #getting #heartbeats

When I was younger, I looked at getting older as this process of getting less interested in things and becoming colder, and of finding less joy in the mystery of things. And I've found the exact opposite to be true. I find that I'm getting warmer, and that I'm more mystified by human interactions. ↗

— Jon Brion

#becoming #colder #exact #exact opposite #find

You just don't give up. There have been times when everything seemed to conspire against getting a book done or printed, and I would feel like turning my back on the whole thing. But I came back and persisted. ↗

— Dee Brown

#back #been #book #came #done

I think in terms of the work we're doing now a lot of the UI cleanup... I see it getting much prettier. ↗

— Shawn Fanning

#getting #i #i see #i think #lot

The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger. ↗

— Bill Budge

#because #bells #bells and whistles #bigger #effects

I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#american #capacity #capitalism #factor #getting

We entered Gettysburg in the afternoon, just in time to meet the enemy entering the town, and in good season to drive him back before his getting a foothold. ↗

— John Buford

#back #before #drive #enemy #entered