#lever

...I'm not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can't move the world - let alone your heart.. ↗

— John Geddes

#control #heart #lever #love #love

The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox. The florist will sigh and add a wall divider and proper soil to both sides. The grandparent will move the flowerbox halfway out of the sun. The child will turn it around properly so that the fern is in the shade, and not the cactus. The moral of the story? Kids are smart. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#cactus #child #children #clever #desert

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. ↗

— Tom Brown, Jr.

#attack #be patient #because #cleverness #courage

It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#acting #appears #bailouts #capital #companies

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic. ↗

— Wilt Chamberlain

#ball #clever #finding #fouls #get

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. ↗

— Patrice Leconte

#director #film #freedom #gives #very

If home is where the heart is, Jason has lived in his throat for a long time. ↗

— Jamie Mason

#home-is-where-the-heart-is #home

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#leverage #managers #much #really #used

In the next few years I'd love to play a female version of Doctor Who. I know exactly how I would play her - she would be crafty in a clever kind of way. ↗

— Billie Piper

#crafty #doctor #exactly #female #few

I mean, I do love clever and witty, but I think that the 'Three Stooges' were geniuses. They'd have to be for their appeal to have lasted this long. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#clever #geniuses #i #i do #i think