#ms

To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#anything #circumstances #deal #how #know

It's my uniform. Everyone in my company wears it." "It's hideous." Rose felt her hackles rise. The neon green uniform was hideous, but she didn't appreciate him pointing it out. She opened her mouth. "Yet despite it, you look lovely," he said. "Flattery will get you nowhere," she told him. "It's not flattery," he said coldly. "Flattery requires exaggeration. I'm merely stating a fact. You're a beautiful woman wearing an ugly sack of unnatural color. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#uniforms #beauty

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#common #common sense #contradicts #evidence #government

In a world with no systems, with chaos, everything becomes a guerilla struggle, and this predictability is not there. And it becomes almost impossible to save lives, educate kids, develop economies, whatever. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#becomes #chaos #develop #economies #educate

Because primarily of the power of the Internet, people of modest means can band together and amass vast sums of money that can change the world for some public good if they all agree. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#amass #band #because #change #change the world

The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#consecutive #instead #lifetime #modified #probably

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period. ↗

— George Clooney

#building #career #films #opening #period

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty. ↗

— William Cobbett

#buoy #empty #falsehoods #last #long

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#been #landlords #long #terms #tolerated

Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#congress #going #here #his #i