#grounded

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#educated #functioning #grounded #healthy #leadership

Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded. ↗

— Tim Allen

#dangerous #electricity #far #floor #go

I think Paul Newman had an amazing career. I also love what Tom Hanks has done. He has always made very grounded movies that have something to say. He has found a way to make blockbusters that are about something and that is what I want to do. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

#also #always #amazing #blockbusters #career

But it turns out that people who are grounded and secure don't change much under stress. That's what being grounded means. ↗

— Michael Gruber

#stress #change

Working in Hollywood can be tumultuous, with incredible highs and lows and you need to be grounded. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#highs #hollywood #incredible #lows #need

To think Being itself explicitly requires disregarding Being to the extent that it is only grounded and interpreted in terms of beings and for beings as their ground, as in all metaphysics. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#beings #disregarding #explicitly #extent #ground

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded. ↗

— Christina Applegate

#car #clothes #expensive #expensive clothes #go

I'm not opposed to adoption. It's not in my immediate future because I'm on the move a lot and if I were going to be father I would like to be more grounded. ↗

— John Corbett

#because #father #future #going #grounded

I can reach people the average person can't reach because I'm as grounded as I am. ↗

— DMX

#average #average person #because #grounded #i

It's not that hard to stay grounded. It's the way I was brought up. ↗

— Sidney Crosby

#grounded #hard #i #stay #up