#pet

How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes. ↗

— Jack Kilby

#competitive #doing #electronics #field #hear

In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption. ↗

— Anthony Zinni

#corruption #i #incompetence #iraq #iraq war

A bit o' bread's what I like from one year's end to the other; but men's stomachs are made so comical, they want a change--they do, I know, God help 'em. ↗

— George Eliot

#novelty #change

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#courtroom #degree #law #law degree #lot

And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive. ↗

— Aleksander Kwasniewski

#competitive #difficult #economy #especially #fight

Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace. ↗

— Henry Knox

#been #composed #each #ever #federal

People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared. ↗

— Takeru Kobayashi

#appetite #better #brought #confront #food

You can't lose a game in which you're not even competing. ↗

— Robert Kocharian

#even #game #lose #which #you

Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#competitions #designs #feature #green #increasingly

Nothing mitigates the throes of depression like a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs with marinara sauce and grated parmasan cheese, with a good fresh bread to wipe up. ↗

— Paul Clayton

#culinary #culture #depression #food #fun