#neglect

The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its own commitments is the rule. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#commitments #especially #followed #idea #indeed

I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect or forget it. ↗

— Dan Savage

#empty #every #exercise #exercised #forget

No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#evade #georgian #his #neglect #responsibilities

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#begins #however #journey #leagues #must

I grew up like a neglected weed - ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#grew #having #i #ignorant #liberty

Death, I've dreamed of it, I've desired it, but what real happiness can come from it? ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#death #dreams #family #happiness #life

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#been #declining #england #expressed #higher

Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. ↗

— Benjamin Banneker

#courage #despair #difficulties #easy #lose

They just neglected a large portion of the front row. ↗

— Gary Cooper

#just #large #large portion #neglected #portion

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#apart #become #building #country #course