#placed

But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#executed #exertions #government #greater #had

I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving. ↗

— Steven Wright

#headlights #i #lights #like #looks

The most powerful recent innovation in government is when states aggressively use community colleges for retraining. In Michigan, where large numbers of workers were displaced from the manufacturing industry, we created a wildly successful program: No Worker Left Behind. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

#behind #colleges #community #created #displaced

Hope sustains life, but misplaced hope prolongs recessions. ↗

— James Grant

#life #misplaced #prolongs #recessions #sustains

As I said, my parents loved that when they came to America, if you worked hard, the only things that could stop you were the limits you placed on yourself. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#came #could #hard #i #limits

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#another #anyone #bizarre #disappear #discovers

We all love the environment, but we have placed creatures above people. A rat is a rat. ↗

— Sonny Bono

#creatures #environment #love #people #placed

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#descent #even #great #hierarchy #publicity

Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty. ↗

— Maria Monk

#altar #assembled #before #belonging #ceremony

I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl. ↗

— Vince Neil

#appreciate #experience #family #found #friends