#is

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#dirt #finds #heap #his #keep

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#achievements #blessed #fog #great #great achievements

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#complete #delivers #friends #hands #i

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#courage #depends #discover #last #loves

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used. ↗

— Kent Conrad

#bush tax cuts #cuts #democratic #democrats #half

I'm disappointed. I don't care about Will Smith, I don't want to. ↗

— Robert Conrad

#care #disappointed #i #smith #want

Will Smith is young, he's cool and my kids have his CDs. ↗

— Robert Conrad

#cool #his #kids #smith #will

For the first time in my life I was admitting defeat. ↗

— Christina Lauren

#ouch #sweet #beauty

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe. ↗

— John Conyers

#across #american #american troops #build #casey

I am worth some study, if for no one else but myself. I hope that you feel likewise... even if only about yourself. ↗

— David J. Cook

#am #else #even #feel #hope