#lit

My worst quality is impatience. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#quality #worst

The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved. ↗

— C. Northcote Parkinson

#any #briefly #inverse #involved #item

A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#farms #fort #hand #intervals #leavenworth

We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#arrived #close #joseph #now #our

But I do feel a little teeny right now that I'm just about ready to start, and winter is entering. Half past autumn has arrived. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#arrived #autumn #entering #feel #half

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome. ↗

— Rosa Parks

#children #hopefully #meet #our #overcome

We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#among #clean #clean air #come #differences

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#around #bummer #especially #hooked #junkie

The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#driver #eurozone #financial #guarantee #monetary

Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#always #assume #cannot #expect #facilitate