#ions

My effectiveness is best placed in solving problems through federal solutions. ↗

— George Nethercutt

#effectiveness #federal #placed #problems #solutions

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#come #happened #never #old #pass

Stop counting your "years" and start enjoying your "seasons". ↗

— John Paul Warren

#john-paul #johnpaulwarren #leadership #pastor #pastor-john-paul-warren

The questions of philosophy proper are human desires and fears and aspirations - human emotions - taking an intellectual form. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#desires #emotions #fears #form #human

There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives. ↗

— Deborah Norville

#even #lives #make #our #our lives

I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of getting something back in return. Otherwise, we are constantly being disappointed." She moved her turquoise bracelet back and forth on her wrist. "So I had two sons, John and Richard, because I wanted to, not because I thought they would rescue me in old age. I got out of all social organizations and clubs in my fifties so I could spend time with my grandchildren, not because they would give something back to Jack and me later on, but because that was what I wanted to do--and I have loved doing it. Believe me, these have been selfish decisions. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#life-decisions #age

One of the responsibilities faced by the Environmental Genome Project is to provide the science base upon which society can make better informed risk management decisions. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#better #decisions #environmental #faced #genome

I don't get it,' Caroline said, bemused. 'She's the only one with wings. Why is that?' There were so many questions in life. You couldn't ever have all the answers. But I knew this one. It's so she can fly,' I said. Then I started to run. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#life #questions #running #life

I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#feminism #hate #love #marriage #married-life

The field of quantum valence fluctuations was another older interest which became much more active during this period, partly as a consequence of my own efforts. ↗

— Philip Warren Anderson

#another #became #consequence #during #efforts