#gr

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end. ↗

— John le Carre

#book #completely #end #father #grew

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#gifted #great #great men #intuition #know

In the first 50 years of the filibuster, it was used only 35 times. But the last Congress alone had 112 cloture motions filed, plus threats of more. This is the tyranny of the minority. ↗

— Peter Fenn

#congress #filed #filibuster #first #had

I can't sit on grass without a blanket. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#grass #i #sit #without

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#behind #every #eyes #great #great man

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#beings #creating #desperate #desperation #human

The work of a team should always embrace a great player but the great player must always work. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#embrace #great #must #player #should

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#experiencing #family #got #guards #had

Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now. ↗

— Jack Carroll

#care #could #greatest #here #hide

If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it is the greatest privilege. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#days #feel #few #greatest #greatest privilege