#mend

My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#christopher #douglas #follow #get #happens

I've known those pieces ever since I was about 16 or 17; I also at that time was taken to meet Charles Ives whom I got to know fairly well. He was the one who wrote a recommendation for me to get into college. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#also #charles #college #ever #fairly

No, I've always been impressed with the tremendous resilience of the American economy. I think over the years, over the decades, it's demonstrated this tremendous ability to take severe body blows, if you will, and bounce back. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#always #american #american economy #back #been

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. ↗

— Julia Child

#find #interested #keep #passionate #something

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#back #clever #come #driver #hit

If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder to mobilise money for sub-Saharan, plain poor countries. ↗

— Helen Clark

#been #concentration #countries #create #currently

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#favor #fool #his #honesty #into

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! ↗

— Henry Fielding

#dishonest #ever #face #false #good

I've just been away for a week, and I dropped my BlackBerry in the sea while I was messing around with the kids, so no one can reach me. Blissful. I heartily recommend it. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#away #been #blackberry #dropped #heartily

Going to Omaha for the College World Series - the people there are tremendous - huge crowds and a lot of excitement. I still remember those days - you make a lot of friends that you never forget when you win a championship like that. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#college #crowds #days #excitement #forget