#iona

Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is possible for entrepreneurs, technological visionaries and inventors of every sort to get financing. ↗

— Ron Chernow

#american #american public #because #between #entrepreneurs

It is the very use of coercion, positive or negative, that breaks or deadens the spirit, which is the source of motivation. ↗

— Kelly Bryson

#motivation #psychology #motivational

I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional. ↗

— Jon Carroll

#being #beings #certain #created #famous

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. ↗

— Nikos Kazantzakis

#believe #first #must #order #succeed

Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#bang #been #biggest #critics #most

I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center, and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment, and things of that kind. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#affairs #because #carter #center #conservation

The very fact that we are having a national conversation about what we should eat, that we are struggling with the question about what the best diet is, is symptomatic of how far we have strayed from the natural conditions that gave rise to our species, from the simple act of eating real, whole, fresh food. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#act #best #conditions #conversation #diet

I love Richard Yates, his work, and the novel, Revolutionary Road. It's a devastating novel. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#his #i #i love #love #novel

And luckily, therefore the good old days return. The traditional art of driving counts again, and it is all about good tactics, skills and reflexes instead of simple power. ↗

— Jacky Ickx

#again #art #counts #days #driving

If you're feeling emotional when you're creating something, it'll sound that way. ↗

— Steve Vai

#emotional #feeling #something #sound #way