#ones

So I come before you with a budget that is honest in its discussion of our challenges, creative in its possible solutions, compassionate in its commitment to our most vulnerable, and balanced on the bottom line. ↗

— James H. Douglas

#before #bottom #bottom line #budget #challenges

When I think of the future, I think a lot of Quincy Jones and how he is an inspiration. Look at the quality of his work over so many years. He didn't even make his best record, 'Thriller,' until he was 50. That gives me something to look forward to. Nothing pulls you back into the studio more than the belief that your best record is still ahead. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#back #belief #best #even #forward

And that because the moving parts are a million times smaller than the ones we're familiar with, they move a million times faster, just as a smaller tuning fork produces a higher pitch than a large one. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#familiar #faster #fork #higher #just

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do. ↗

— David Duchovny

#i #i think #kids #like #mom

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

#breaking #bruce #i #interested #lenny

I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#ball #cultural #feel #forward #honest

Our country is not in crisis; there are no tanks in the streets. No matter what the outcome of the president's situation, life in America will go on. Our lives will continue to be filled with practical matters, not constitutional ones. ↗

— Jennifer Dunn

#constitutional #continue #country #crisis #filled

One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it. ↗

— Finley Peter Dunne

#life #money #most #need #never

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say. ↗

— Will Durant

#always #clever #dishonest #good #good thing

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#country #decent #eight #elected #get