#lose

It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something close to what our neighbors and our fellow citizens do in the private sector. ↗

— Scott Walker

#close #employees #expect #fair #fellow

By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#gains #loses #misses #more #nonsense

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius. ↗

— Christoph Waltz

#ever #genius #gets #hardly #i

The personal contact is a personal thing. The fact that some people don't know their neighbors, I don't think that technology is at fault. You don't lose anything with technology. You gain other avenues of understanding. ↗

— John Warnock

#avenues #contact #fact #fault #gain

Our little house was way back in the country. We had one house close to us, and hell the next one would've been a mile. If you got sick, you could holler and wouldn't nobody hear you. ↗

— Muddy Waters

#been #close #could #country #got

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#because #biographies #closer #conduct #conductors

But we will lose the millions of records being created daily in a dizzying array of electronic forms unless we find a way to preserve and keep them accessible indefinitely. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#array #being #created #daily #dizzying

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.' ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#being #cannot #china #close #contemplation

I'm not even close to those guys, but I don't think anyone loves the game more than me. ↗

— David Wells

#close #even #game #guys #i

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#loser #path #resistance