#mos

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#did #direction #find #first #foremost

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#acts #almost #always #crisis #his

I've seen whales calving in the waters off Maui, and I've watched my children being born. But music is the most beautiful thing of all. ↗

— Steven Tyler

#beautiful thing #being #born #children #i

During the 1990s, San Francisco lived through one of the most intense economic booms of its history. ↗

— Gavin Newsom

#economic #francisco #history #intense #lived

Parents need all the help they can get. The strongest as well as the most fragile family requires a vital network of social supports. ↗

— Bernice Weissbourd

#fragile #get #help #most #need

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed. ↗

— William Whitehead

#alone #ambition #best #employed #enjoyed

The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces. ↗

— Cleveland Abbe

#also #atmosphere #both #close #dreams

Shanghai set out to take over from Hong Kong and I think it's done that. It's got the most amazing futuristic skyline which rivals and even betters Tokyo. ↗

— Paul Oakenfold

#done #even #futuristic #got #hong

I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry. ↗

— Will Oldham

#everybody #film #film industry #i #i think

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of books on how to fix them. ↗

— Norman Ralph Augustine

#books #costly #fix #how #market