#pet

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#apple #celibate #confined #dies #dwells

While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#almost #being #competent #every #forceful

Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#attention #bringing #chance #child #competition

Besides, I'm fairly incompetent. I can't play that fast. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#fairly #fast #i #incompetent #play

I'm really focusing now on how I can get to the next level as a batsman. How can I get even more competitive? How can I get even more consistent? How can I get better? ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#competitive #consistent #even #focusing #get

No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself. ↗

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

#does #down #ever #friends #got

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host. ↗

— Theophrastus

#dinner #eager #his #host #invited

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent. ↗

— Cal Thomas

#get #government #kick #need #pants

The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team. ↗

— Cal Thomas

#another #between #clubs #compete #congress

What the results are telling them is that the most money is spent in volume by young people. They also see young people as the consumers of tomorrow and are trying to capture their attention from their competitors. ↗

— Marlo Thomas

#attention #capture #competitors #consumers #money