#lever

I had to think about ankle torsion, where the screws are on the ski, how that affects the forces going into the ski and how the ski bends, your leverage points. It was a challenge. I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing. ↗

— Bode Miller

#affects #ankle #bends #challenge #crashing

Too clever is dumb. ↗

— Ogden Nash

#dumb #too

It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa. ↗

— Robert Smith

#clever #enough #few #good #idea

There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#enough #genius #much #plenty #talent

Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#leverage #leadership

Age of the geek, baby! ↗

— Keith R.A. DeCandido

#catchphrase #geek #leverage #age

No Jew was ever fool enough to turn Christian unless he was a clever man. ↗

— Israel Zangwill

#clever #clever man #enough #ever #fool

Voldemort is playing a very clever game. Declaring himself might have provoked open rebellion. Remaining masked has created confusion, uncertainty, and fear. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#fear #death

Civilization begins with distillation ↗

— William Faulkner

#clever #faulkner #funny #funny

Why is abbreviation such a long word? ↗

— Teresa Monachino

#funny #teresa-monachino #wordplay #words-fail-me #funny