#mess

It became extremely important that we go and see the four heads of the governments, and the message was delivered, with the tea packets, to all these heads. ↗

— Satish Kumar

#delivered #extremely #four #go #governments

I have a lot of looks but right now I'm really into grunge. Messy hair, black heels. I get Michelle Pfeiffer with it. ↗

— Chloe Moretz

#get #grunge #hair #heels #i

Almost two hundred sixty-six years ago on my home world, Earth, my forefathers did the same thing. They declared their independence and free agency from an enemy that oppressed them. No one at that time expected this rebellion force to win the war. They were severely outnumbered, and they were extremely inexperienced compared to their enemy. Despite those odds, they succeeded in winning the war, giving them their independence and freewill to choose. (Adrian Palmer, Worlds Without End: The Mission) ↗

— Shaun F. Messick

#freewill #independence #quote #shaun-f-messick #worlds-without-end-the-mission

To better understand why you need a personal computer, let's take a look at the pathetic mess you call your life. ↗

— Dave Barry

#call #computer #life #look #mess

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life. ↗

— Debi Thomas

#big #combination #first #going #hit

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#life-message #perfection #business

The photographic image... is a message without a code. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#image #message #photographic #without

You’re going to shoot the messenger?” “Yeah, Dad, if the messenger can’t learn to keep his interfering ass out of my business. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#shoot-the-messenger #business

Global warming is by its very nature a threat, but it is a deadly threat only because it fails to trigger the brain's alarm. It leaves us sleeping in a burning bed. ↗

— Dan Gilbert

#climate-messaging #cognitive-functioning #dan-gilbert #global-warming #change

If I already intuitively "get" what you're trying to tell me, why should I obsess about remembering it? The danger, of course, is that what sounds like common sense often isn't.... It's your job, as a communicator, to expose the parts of your message that are uncommon sense. (p.72) ↗

— Chip Heath

#communication #express #message #communication