#isa

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #fulfill #parents

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?' ↗

— Colin Powell

#bipartisanship #ever #everybody #finally #gee

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation. ↗

— Colin Powell

#nation #nice #partisan #raised #say

In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'. ↗

— Colin Powell

#company #constantly #disappointments #expect #failures

Globalisation means that for a high-wage, developed economy like Britain's to compete we need to focus our efforts on the highly skilled, added-value sectors such as advanced manufacturing, creative industries, engineering and even financial services. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#britain #compete #creative #developed #economy

Everything starts somewhere, although many physicists disagree. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#disagree #everything #many #physicists #somewhere

Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan. ↗

— Chuck Todd

#bipartisan #corrupt #definitely #most #think

In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it. ↗

— Fritz Todt

#beauty #disappeared #places #reconstruct #where

Honest discussions - even and perhaps especially on topics about which we disagree - can help us resist hypocrisy and arrogance. They can also help us live up to the basic ideals, such as liberty and justice for all, on which our country was founded. ↗

— David E. Price

#also #arrogance #basic #country #disagree

Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion. ↗

— David E. Price

#beyond #budget #capacity #challenges #congress