#rank

I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad. ↗

— Sam Elliott

#being #dad #four #general #hanging

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#been #best #church #conservatism #equality

Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#belt #cranking #desk #engine #gears

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#boldly #deeply #expresses #feels #fervor

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#inner #inner peace #measured #money #peace

And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#hours #out #quick #reasonable #seinfeld

The way that I got involved with microtonal music was, frankly, through jazz. ↗

— John Eaton

#got #i #involved #jazz #music

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first. ↗

— Voltaire

#first #rank #second #shines #who

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. ↗

— Mark Twain

#crank #idea #new #new idea #person

I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life. ↗

— David Eddings

#army #back #business #experiences #fallen