#rest

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet. ↗

— King Edward VIII

#advice #chance #count #down #ever

With Stacy, it was interesting because you know he was within all this chaos, all these different lives that were so broken and so much anger and so much frustration and their skating came out of that, their different styles came out of that. ↗

— John Robinson

#because #broken #came #chaos #different

If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#before #change #dire #economy #far

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#good #i #interesting #want

Everybody in this race is against Obama, okay? So saying you're against Obama, against Obamacare, all the rest, it's all fine, well and good, except it doesn't move you forward. ↗

— Ed Rollins

#everybody #except #fine #forward #good

A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#destroys #forests #fresh #giving #itself

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#continuing #control #enough #government #informed

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#done #enough #executive #good #good people

Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are sitting in judgment upon the conduct of all nations. ↗

— Elihu Root

#coming #conduct #everything #everywhere #gradually

I'm more interested in knowing my cues than my lines. If you know what your cues are, then you know what your reaction is going to be to them. Acting is about reacting, and if I can kind of purely react, that's easier for me. ↗

— Stephen Root

#acting #cues #easier #going #i