#served

I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record. ↗

— Rob Portman

#balanced #balanced budget #budget #deficits #die

In this theater of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers-on. ↗

— Pythagoras

#god #life #man #only #reserved

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#collecting #intends #man #master #masters

While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt. ↗

— Odilon Redon

#art lies #basis #felt #i #lies

I don't like the word rock opera, but I'm trying to write on that level that's reserved for plays still, or novels. ↗

— Lou Reed

#level #like #novels #opera #plays

I served as Dean until 1974, when I stepped down to return to full time teaching and research. ↗

— Frederick Reines

#down #full #i #research #return

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#away #cloudy #day #days #having

The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean. ↗

— Hernando Cortes

#clean #covered #dishes #eat #filled

My father and all my uncles on both sides served in the military in World War II and Korea. ↗

— Darrell Issa

#both sides #father #ii #korea #military

I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters. ↗

— Ryan Kwanten

#been #encounters #i #relatively #reserved