#prove

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you're sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me - so am I. ↗

— Barack Obama

#am #approve #avalanche #become #believe

In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire, brought under one government a quarter of the earth and its inhabitants. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#british empire #brought #controlled #earth #empire

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. ↗

— George Orwell

#bring #chaos #connected #decay #end

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right? ↗

— George Orwell

#any #appears #cannot #creed #draw

I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier. ↗

— Pink

#always #barrier #because #color #cross

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore... prove ultimately futile. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#futile #generally #problems #prove #resolve

I can sort of do what I want. Maybe I have to work harder to prove myself in some new relationship because they've heard some wacky stories about me. But at least I can get the meeting. ↗

— Sean Parker

#because #get #harder #heard #i

What I learned from Rockefeller that's off-the-hook important is: You need to know exactly where you stand in a business at all times. Measure everything, because everything that is measured and watched improves. ↗

— Bob Parsons

#business #everything #exactly #i #important

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport. ↗

— Fred Perry

#been #bringing #change #credit #great

Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life. ↗

— Ann Landers

#comes #having #life #meet #proved