#maintaining

It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining. ↗

— James Hogg

#drive #folds #force #gather #hands

Well, the responsibility for maintaining a reliable transmission grid is one that's shared by an awful lot of players who have a role in the grid: Companies that either generate and transmit energy or just play the role of being the transmission systems or monitoring them. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#being #companies #either #energy #generate

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#any #citizens #duty #enjoyment #exercise

What's been important with Flickr is the community that's been there from the beginning and the serious photographers that are there creating and sharing great content. If we lose that at some point then I think we have potential issues, but so far we've been able to do a really good job of maintaining that. ↗

— David Filo

#been #beginning #community #content #creating

The game has kept faith with the public, maintaining its old admission price for nearly thirty years while other forms of entertainment have doubled and tripled in price. And it will probably never change. ↗

— Connie Mack

#change #doubled #entertainment #faith #forms

The budget acknowledges the importance of maintaining our ports and waterways to encourage commercial deep-draft navigation and economic competitiveness. ↗

— Jeff Landry

#commercial #competitiveness #economic #encourage #importance

Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#away #consistency #difficulties #family #friends

If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#british #burden #colonists #exist #financial

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. ↗

— George McGovern

#civil #civil society #come #essential #everyday

Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#essential #forests #healthy #land #living