#selves

A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves, consisting of many and various and powerful interests, combined into one mass, and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks. ↗

— John C. Calhoun

#cohesive #combined #consisting #government #greater

What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives. ↗

— Naomi Campbell

#deal #lives #look #makes #own

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves. ↗

— Albert Camus

#know #lived #lives #made #now

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. ↗

— Albert Camus

#advantage #always #deceive #disadvantage #first

The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. ↗

— George Carlin

#done #enough #existence #fire #get

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#best #big #big ones #care #conquer

Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#easy #first #hard #jobs #take

Just as we descend into our consciences to judge of actions which our minds can not weigh, can we not also search in ourselves for the feeling which gives birth to forms of thought, always vague and cloudy? ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#also #always #birth #cloudy #consciences

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#always #apply #believe #between #church

Deficits do not in themselves produce inflation, nor does a balanced budget assure a stable price level. ↗

— William Vickrey

#balanced #balanced budget #budget #deficits #does