#off

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#good #governments #lie #look #nothing

The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster. ↗

— Ernst Fischer

#antidote #bosses #concentration #demands #disaster

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#garbage #jargon #learn #mental #must

Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as are the needs and abilities of the children who enter them. ↗

— Peter Fraser

#children #courses #enter #must #needs

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack. ↗

— Dave Freudenthal

#money #officials #public #public officials #sack

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on. ↗

— Ford Frick

#field #off #pride #remember #respect

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine. ↗

— David Friedman

#fine #hear #i #made #off

from Out of the Darkness (book 2): Zoe met Eric's eyes. Even in her platforms she was still a few inches shorter than he was. "And what do you do?" His mouth quirked. "I set people on fire. ↗

— Jaime Rush

#paranormal-romance #pnr #pyro #urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and foreign policy is too important to be left up to foreign service officers. ↗

— Evan G. Galbraith

#department #desperately #foreign #foreign policy #foreign service

But I'm going to be a real good boy and take it day by day and try to concentrate on what's most important to me, and that's offering women a service. ↗

— John Galliano

#concentrate #day #going #good #i