#sages

We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down? ↗

— Sarah Sutton

#always #around #calm #calm down #director

I'm always uneasy with messages. I think if there is a message, it's about taking control of your life. Not becoming a victim. Be true to yourself. In essence it's about love in the drug culture. ↗

— Neil Tennant

#always #be true #becoming #control #culture

Punk rock seemed to make sense. I was listening to The Clash and I really loved their social messages and they have a great history of fighting racism. ↗

— Justin Sane

#fighting #great #history #i #listening

The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters. ↗

— Rachel Blanchard

#brothers #child #confusing #does #fork

It occurs to me that we allow ourselves to imagine only such messages as we need to survive. ↗

— Joan Didion

#imagine #messages #survival #survive #imagination

Make peace with your past so you don't mess up the present! ↗

— Marcia Casar Friedman

#self-help #seniors #silver-sages #motivational

Why do so many people start their messages with, "It's me"? Of course it is you. We all know that. But who the hell ARE you? ↗

— Jeff Lindsay

#dreams

To paraphrase several sages: Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#sages #thinking #violence #pain

The aircraft that blew up the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington conveyed several messages to the world, of which one of the least remarked is this: the Muslims of the world are suffering. ↗

— James Buchan

#blew #center #conveyed #least #messages

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance. ↗

— Richard Branson

#africa #balance #better #big #enjoy