#ric

I want to learn your trickery and feel what it’s like to have me wrapped around your finger. I want to lie to everyone because it gets me where I want faster. I want to be like you, because you are blind; and now that I finally see, I don’t want to. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#blind #breaking-up #breakups #broken-heart #broken-hearted

Do you know why hurricanes have names instead of numbers? To keep the killing personal. No one cares about a bunch of people killed by a number. '200 Dead as Number Three Slams Ashore' is not nearly as interesting a headline as 'Charlie kills 200.' Death is much more satisfying and entertaining if you personalize it. Me, I'm still waitin' for Hurricane Ed. Old Ed wouldn't hurt ya, would he? Sounds kinda friendly. 'Hell no, we ain't evacuatin'. Ed's comin'! ↗

— George Carlin

#humor #hurricanes #names #death

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. ↗

— Augustus

#city #found #i #left #marble

Our job is to be an awake people...utterly conscious, to attend to our world. ↗

— Louis Owens

#native-american #inspirational

I will work with anyone that wants to get America back on track and make sure that the government is the servant and no longer the master. ↗

— Todd Akin

#anyone #back #get #government #i

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#song #song-lyrics #inspirational

Pretty's just a pretty word. ↗

— Little Mix

#little-mix #lyrics #we-are-who-we-are #inspirational

Rather than having regrets over events in the past, or worrying whether or not the future will bring you what you need or desire, allow yourself to rest in the present, the now. Understand that all that has transpired has brought you to this moment, and in this very moment, riches that far outweigh those of the world already lie within you. ↗

— Kristi Bowman

#inspirational #now #past #present #regrets

Each of us lives with a sword over his head. There are those who can ignore its shadow and those who cannot. Those who cannot are not necessarily better than those who can. But they are the creators of the special myth of their time, because any myth is the creation of the very few who cannot bear reality. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#activism-inspiration #american-history #ethics #myth #revolution

Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance. ↗

— George Steinbrenner

#american #american people #chance #good #like