#ness

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#perfection #pursuit #sweetness #then

PETA has a proven track record of success. Each victory PETA wins for the animals is a stepping stone upon which we build a more compassionate world for all beings - and we will never give up our fight until all animals are treated with respect and kindness. ↗

— Bea Arthur

#build #compassionate #each #fight #give

You need the willingness to fail all the time. ↗

— John Backus

#need #time #willingness #you

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#counsel #execution #fit #fitter #invent

In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to one's beloved. ↗

— Russell Baker

#age #beloved #confessing #else #fashion

I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social. ↗

— Kim Basinger

#i #just #lot #person #real

The best discussion of trouble in boardroom and business office is found in newspapers' own financial pages and speeches by journalists in management jobs. ↗

— Russell Baker

#business #discussion #financial #found #jobs

There is a growing literature about the multitude of journalism's problems, but most of it is concerned with the editorial side of the business, possibly because most people competent to write about journalism are not comfortable writing about finance. ↗

— Russell Baker

#because #business #comfortable #competent #concerned

Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really. ↗

— Tom Baker

#anything #fantastic #into #kind #madness

I'm obsessive about the kind of melodrama of getting through the days and trying to make them good and funny and a happy experience. But my feeling towards the fans is that they delivered me from darkness. ↗

— Tom Baker

#darkness #days #delivered #experience #fans