#intent

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#good #good intentions #government #innocence #instead

While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained Clinton. This connection is the shorthand people use to measure their leaders' intentions. If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#believe #careful #clinton #companion #connection

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#also #benign #choice #condescending #countries

All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#human #intentions #much #seems #sin

So many financial dreams are thwarted by the failure to act upon good intentions. ↗

— Suze Orman

#dreams #failure #financial #good #good intentions

I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary jazz singers. But my intent is to become my own voice, to be able to interpret these songs in my own way. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#become #billie #billie holiday #extraordinary #holiday

Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#any #based #going #intentions #korea

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#am #cannot #confident #done #either

Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#fragment #intention #involves #life #mind

I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#believe #completely #free #guilt #hurt