#sai

The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl Sandburg once said to me... by newspapers and the Bible. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#bible #books #carl #english #formed

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had. ↗

— James Brown

#another #appreciative #christ #had #i

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember. ↗

— John Mason Brown

#remember #remembers #said #says #someone

The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.' ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#called #death #grandly #greeks #happy

Liberals, it has been said, are generous with other peoples' money, except when it comes to questions of national survival when they prefer to be generous with other people's freedom and security. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#comes #except #freedom #generous #liberals

People said, That's great for your career, but what have you done? I kept feeling I had to defend myself. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#defend #done #feeling #great #had

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful". ↗

— Warren Buffett

#assets #companies #good #good thing #invest

The felonious five in their Supreme Court decision never said Gore did anything improperly in Florida. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#court #court decision #decision #did #five

When I started my company, many people said I shouldn't launch it as a retail concept because it was too big a risk. They told me to launch as a wholesaler to test the waters - because that was the traditional way. ↗

— Tory Burch

#big #company #concept #i #launch

...this beginning motion, this first time when a sail truly filled and the boat took life and knifed across the lake under perfect control, this was so beautiful it stopped my breath... ↗

— Gary Paulsen

#ocean #sailing #sea #wind #beauty