#ground

The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#aspirations #backgrounds #better #education #guarantee

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one's life. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#does #earth #ground #life #live

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#feet #ground #keep #stars #your

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up. ↗

— Jesse Owens

#down #fast #feet #ground #i

We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law clearly states that the responsibility for giving a sound basic education to our children lies with New York State. ↗

— Major R. Owens

#calls #children #clearly #e-mails #education

Medicine grounds me, it centers me, that's why I continue to do it. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#continue #grounds #i #me #medicine

The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful. ↗

— Mehmet Oz

#careful #come #eat #ground #i

Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants. ↗

— Peter Pace

#fighting #franks #gen #good #ground

There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender. ↗

— Peter Pace

#been #between #forces #going #ground

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#battle #cause #consequences #defeat #defending