#power

The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#cog #enormous #form #hands #his

One of the sad things about contemporary journalism is that it actually matters very little. The world now is almost inured to the power of journalism. The best journalism would manage to outrage people. And people are less and less inclined to outrage. ↗

— David Simon

#actually #almost #best #contemporary #inclined

Being a mom's so empowering and incredible. I'm one of those people who believes that life brings things to you at a certain time for a certain reason, and if you just go with it, that's where the best moments come from. ↗

— Ashlee Simpson

#believes #best #brings #certain #certain time

As a woman who has some sort of power, you have to have a man that can take that. It's hard to find those men. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#hard #man #men #power #some

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character. ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#character #elevation #faith #gain #give

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#again #burning #burning desire #desire #disappointment

With my new venture, Club Mom, we want to empower moms to feel their value and also build their collective power to make their lives better and easier. We want to bring them together as a community to share experiences and information. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#better #bring #build #club #collective

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#desire #figure #help #his #ideals

Elvis deserves a lot of credit for bringing the blues to middle America, not the Vegas stuff. The early stuff, The Sun records, and the first few RCA records. He was wonderful, he had the power, the drive, and he was so dedicated to his music. ↗

— Peter Tork

#blues #bringing #credit #dedicated #deserves

The gym of life has a free membership. Build powerful life-muscles through family gatherings from hell. Do you really want to be a happy, peaceful blob? ↗

— Jane Siberry

#family #free #gatherings #gym #happy