#seat

Into the mercy seat I climb My head is shaved, my head is wired And like a moth that tries To enter the bright eye I go shuffling out of life Just to hide in death awhile And anyway I never lied. ↗

— Nick Cave

#death

Through real-life stories, Kristin Kaufman illustrates the core idea of being present in the moment and opening oneself up to new ideas in order to become an authentic leader in life. ↗

— Stephen R. Covey

#is-this-seat-taken #kristin-kaufman #leadership #stephen-covey #leadership

Bruiser stared in the mirror hanging in his locker and ran a comb through his blond hair, wishing he had dark hair like Harris, or a mean look like Zach, or even a guy-next-door like Derek. Hell no, he looked like a f***ing movie star and he f***ing hated it. –-Backfield in Motion ↗

— Jami Davenport

#football-romance #jami-davenport #romance #seattle-lumberjacks #sports-romance

Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints! ↗

— Chief Seattle

#conservation #nature #quote #nature

I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#curl #easy #i #me #need

When I moved to Seattle, I was hanging out with kids who had done drugs, had sex a million times. I look at them now and realize their childhood was taken away. ↗

— Jeff Ament

#childhood #done #had #hanging #i

It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. ↗

— Mary Astell

#head #heart #seat

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#brought #door #him #his #knocks

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate. ↗

— John Adams

#children #consented #fate #give #house

For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness. ↗

— Aeschylus

#burden #burdened #disease #doubles #groans