#quo

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. ↗

— Sarah Palin

#challenge #clashing #common #common good #competing

Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage down the middle of the house. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#construction #down #house #houses #iroquois

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#defends #long #lost #past #quo

As we walk around we are like magnets pulling in experiences. The Law of Attraction is governed by the vibration we are in. ↗

— Christopher Dines

#christopher-dines-quotes #experience

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#league #most #press #quo #status

-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself? -Certainly. I'd know me anywhere. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#funny-and-random #humor #humorous #satire #wit

Motivation doesn't come from empty words, because words fade over time. If persistance and perservance is what you live then what motivation do you need? Your dreams can turn into goals and your goals can turn into a reality. You are all the motivation you need to succeed. ↗

— Gabriel Mason

#dreams

I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years. ↗

— Richard Powers

#i #journal #keep #past #quotes

Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#merits #own #pro #quid #quo

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away. ↗

— Ted Rall

#analysis #away #direct #i #like