#read

If you want to fight the evil you see in finance and industry, get to work reading the corporate filings, see if there has been fraud, and where you find it, report it to the SEC or write about it or blog about it. ↗

— Ben Stein

#been #blog #corporate #evil #fight

On the question of relating to our fellowman - our neighbor's spiritual need transcends every commandment. Everything else we do is a means to an end. But love is an end already, since God is love. ↗

— Edith Stein

#commandment #else #end #every #everything

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#alcohol #among #athletes #because #convince

We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and go to his day's work at Auschwitz in the morning. ↗

— George Steiner

#bach #day #evening #go #his

I already have legitimacy as a filmmaker and now I'm trying to do stuff that's just fun. Until I find a cool tangible subject again that I want to tackle. ↗

— John Singleton

#already #cool #filmmaker #find #fun

I came from a different world from other designers because I already had such a strong fan base that was interested in fashion. You have to give the little divas something. ↗

— Christian Siriano

#base #because #came #designers #different

An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in. ↗

— John J. Sirica

#after #already #attempt #doubt #former

I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#i #i do #more #myself #purge

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#curious #else #exciting #feel #go

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#aim #already #assuring #encourage #flattery