#lit

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets. ↗

— Robert Shea

#ahead #another #bypass #chess #get

Indeed, one of the most successful and influential religious organizations in history, the Society of Jesus, was consciously modeled along military lines by its founder, Ignatius Loyola. ↗

— Robert Shea

#consciously #founder #history #indeed #influential

Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general. ↗

— Robert Shea

#like #military #organization #paradigm #religious

There are not many times when I get nervous, but I do a little bit with penalties. ↗

— Alan Shearer

#get #i #i do #little #little bit

Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#bananas #brag #cheese #democrats #department

I'm at a little loss in terms of my Leave It To Beaver expertise, since I never watched an episode of the show - so the cast in the pilot could have been Martians or they could have been the regular cast for all I know. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#been #cast #could #episode #expertise

My parents didn't want me to be a regular in a series. I was a working actor from time to time but they thought was a little too much being a star of a series. They wanted me to have a slightly more normal childhood. ↗

— Harry Shearer

#being #childhood #from time to time #i #little

Teddy Wilson, I think, said a little while ago that it's much easier to come in and play whatever comes into your mind, without obeying any of the laws of bass line and harmony and so on. ↗

— George Shearing

#any #bass #come #comes #easier

I am so grateful to everybody that supports the Sheckler Foundation, and gives us the ability to continue to help kids and injured action sports athletes. ↗

— Ryan Sheckler

#action #am #athletes #continue #everybody

The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities. ↗

— Wilfrid Sheed

#exhausted #male #mature #other #possibilities