#rid

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride. ↗

— John Ruskin

#done #ever #nobly #nothing #pride

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes. ↗

— John Ruskin

#general #great #great mistakes #mistakes #pride

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#belief #cambridge #course #everything #gradually

I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#before #bridge #discovering #find #i

People like me who are reform-minded ignore the people who say, 'Just criticize and don't do anything and let's win by default.' That's ridiculous. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#criticize #default #ignore #just #like

Now a movie goes out to two, three thousand theaters and by Friday night at 10 o'clock they know if you are in or out. That desperate competition is, I think, horrendous. It's awful. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#clock #competition #desperate #friday #friday night

I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there. ↗

— Alicia Sacramone

#driving #energy #gymnastics #had #i

Just because we're rid of Saddam and the evil Batthists doesn't mean the occupation is a good thing. Our salvation from Saddam was only with the grace of God. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#because #evil #god #good #good thing

You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that. ↗

— Morley Safer

#flaws #great #great president #know #president

When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of doing all of the year's regular work if I would write a short story a week and on Friday read it to the class. ↗

— Victor Salva

#class #could #deal #doing #english