#heck

We also must pull from our highest ideals of justice and protect against those ills that destabilized our economy - like predatory lending, over-leveraged financial institutions and the unchecked avarice of the past that trumped fairness and common sense. Our platform calls for significant cuts in federal spending. ↗

— Cory Booker

#also #avarice #calls #common #common sense

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check. ↗

— M. C. Escher

#achieve #attempt #basement #check #go

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings. ↗

— Joe Eszterhas

#because #been #checking #could #deported

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player. ↗

— Max Euwe

#become #checkmate #chess #game #giving

When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks. ↗

— Chris Evert

#checks #doing #easier #everybody #famous

I'm terrified of bugs and I travel with sprays, lotions, potions; the lot. I have to check the room before I go to sleep and if I come across a bug and fail to remove it I have to sleep in a separate room as I'm paranoid that I'll be taken advantage of as I sleep. ↗

— Freema Agyeman

#advantage #before #bug #bugs #check

The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern. ↗

— Edie Falco

#big #concern #films #i #interesting

I honestly think that in five years time, television will be watched on computer screens anyway and you'll be doing multiple things. You'll be 'IMing' while you're watching a show and checking the news. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#checking #computer #doing #five #honestly

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town. ↗

— Truman Capote

#check #fame #good #one thing #only

I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck. ↗

— Drew Carey

#i #insecurity #living #miss #paycheck