#ros

Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#constant #earth #exercise #exists #generosity

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#fire #hatred #only #others #out

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#became #being #cases #child #child abuse

When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#backed #boss #called #could #down

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#black #cat #crossing #going #path

That's a tumor. It goes across my liver, up through my lungs, all the way around my heart. And when they were done trying to cut it out, nuke it out with radiation and chemotherapy it out, it left so much scar tissue that when I walk outside now in cold weather and take a deep breath, it feels like someone is stabbing me. ↗

— Eric Massa

#around #breath #chemotherapy #cold #cold weather

When I voted against the cap-and-trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff of the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn't heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983. ↗

— Eric Massa

#america #bill #cap-and-trade #ceremony #chief

I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

#every #every day #grosses #i #know

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#before #creative #difficult #ever #first

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#beauty #ecstasy #hunger #like #nothing