#pat

I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#like #myself #new #new yorker #pathetic

I was involved in music, acting, and some running, but my firm wish was to become a doctor. That was the formative age when I had decided on the pattern of my career. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#age #become #career #decided #doctor

You go to a plant not only to pat the people on the back, but to tell them about the opportunities they have to do a better job. Quality is one of the opportunities they have to do a better job. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#back #better #better job #go #job

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#forward #go #life #march #move

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. ↗

— Andre Gide

#except #leads #never #objective #path

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. ↗

— Andre Gide

#combat #direct #easier #labors #lead

I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimacy, and that is marriage. I think, for instance, that it would be far easier for Americans to elect a black president or a female president than an unmarried president. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#black #complete #easier #elect #exists

The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist. ↗

— Danny Glover

#agreements #america #celebrate #energy #find

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day. ↗

— Danny Glover

#always #been #concept #country #day

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. ↗

— William Godwin

#conscience #evil #forget #government #individual