#it

I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit. ↗

— Julius Erving

#i #me #plug #pulled #right

If you've experienced having control, you don't want to be moved to a subordinate position, if you have your druthers. ↗

— Julius Erving

#experienced #having #moved #position #subordinate

Our civilization is not Christian. It does not come from the skies. It is not a result of "inspiration." It is the child of invention, of discovery, of applied knowledge -- that is to say, of science. When man becomes great and grand enough to admit that all have equal rights; when thought is untrammeled; when worship shall consist in doing useful things; when religion means the discharge of obligations to our fellow-men, then, and not until then, will the world be civilized. ↗

— Robert G. Ingersoll

#knowledge #religion #rights #science #society

One of the commitments that I personally have now is to a diverse approach to buying businesses, and the operation of those businesses. ↗

— Julius Erving

#businesses #buying #commitments #diverse #i

When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul. ↗

— Dornford Yates

#high #high time #his #pray #pray for

I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them. ↗

— Ted Stevens

#act #activities #been #best #boy

The first couple of pictures I wrote and directed were dreadful, because I was dealing in worlds that were not familiar to me, and writing about fantasy. They were just not anything I was really connected to. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#anything #because #connected #couple #dealing

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job. ↗

— James Lovelock

#i #job #know #negative #negative way

This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want. ↗

— Emilio Estevez

#buttons #difficulties #directing #family #know

My mother, who was quite sharp when I was young, became utterly mild. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#i #mild #mother #quite #sharp