#less

The American work ethic is something to be admired. Our workforce, regardless of position, works hard to produce the best product and serve customers to the best of their ability. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#admired #american #best #customers #ethic

The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#day #english #first #half #heart

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#cannot #cast #covet #doth #even

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#fame #fortune #fruit #great #great reward

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before. ↗

— Greg Egan

#bit #far-fetched #given #hadn #happened

As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#free #lifeless #long #you

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#imagine #nature #people #practice #see

Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#bends #considered #find #i #me

It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. ↗

— Lindy Boggs

#assignment #been #belief #beyond #blessed

Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much. ↗

— Wade Boggs

#countless #fielding #ground #hit #improved