#late

I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. ↗

— Alec Waugh

#believe #does #dry #i #i am

You have to step up to the plate, and then hit one out of the park. ↗

— Shawn Wayans

#out #park #plate #step #then

So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the United States from 24 to 36 years old. I was quite equipped with liberal thinking. Then the Internet. If there is no Internet, of course, I cannot really exercise my opinion or my ideas. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#cannot #circumstance #course #earlier #equipped

The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#art #art world #calls #chinese #create

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. ↗

— Jack Welch

#action #advantage #competitive #competitive advantage #into

Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later. ↗

— Jack Welch

#company #earnings #five #jerk #later

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong. ↗

— Orson Welles

#good #isolated #should #something #wrong

The young Japanese, especially, love to wear the latest thing and when they come to London they head for my shops as part of what they want to find in Britain. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#come #especially #find #head #japanese

CAIR officials or former officials have been arrested on charges related to terrorism yet all it offers is silence and stonewalling in discussing what are its real motives. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#been #charges #discussing #former #motives

That's what prison did for me, it isolated me, you know, it polished me up like a stone. ↗

— Jayson Williams

#isolated #know #like #me #polished