#ought

The most abundant and most precious of things: Thoughts and Dreams, can be found in every corner yet as precious as diamonds. ↗

— StridingDream

#dreams #inspirational #precious #thoughts #dreams

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name. ↗

— William Morris

#another #battle #comes #defeat #fight

I never thought I'd make the pages of 'Sports Illustrated,' because I've always been skinny. ↗

— Carolyn Murphy

#because #been #i #illustrated #make

When I first left university, I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only have a career in the back office, or doing HR. The attitude was, 'My dear lady, you cannot possibly think about going on the board.' ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#attitude #back #board #cannot #career

I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas "are" funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier. ↗

— Joe Murray

#assuming #banana #bananas #because #cheese

As women have played an increasingly important role in politics, there is no question that they've brought a different perspective, focusing attention on a broader set of issues and building alliances with other women. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#broader #brought #building #different #different perspective

A couple years ago I was going to back off and actually thought about retiring, but it keeps calling me back, and I'm going to keep going back as long as it calls me. I really think it has something to do with the good vibes that I feel I've spread through my performance and through the time that I've spent with fans. ↗

— Jason Newsted

#actually #ago #back #calling #calls

I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced. ↗

— Bob Ney

#borders #broken #come #contributed #country

When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#against #agree #because #become #come

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain. ↗

— Bill Nighy

#beautiful women #glamorous #i #journalist #meet