#sign

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#aspiring #beyond #content #contraction #going

The point is that I don't design stuff for myself. I'm a toolmaker. I design things that other people want to use. ↗

— Robert Moog

#i #myself #other #people #point

I've analyzed the best I can... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#analyzed #best #course #found #i

Well, that was in 1995 when I resigned from my last academic job. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#i #job #last #resigned #well

Today in America, we are trying to prepare students for a high tech world of constant change, but we are doing so by putting them through a school system designed in the early 20th Century that has not seen substantial change in 30 years. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#america #century #change #constant #designed

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#been #before #body #completed #effective

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#down #i #impeached #myself #resigning

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. ↗

— John Major

#allegedly #come #complete #dancing #disillusionment

Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it. ↗

— John Malkovich

#because #chicago #costumes #design #fell

But I think anybody who believes I could force coach Sloan to resign is crazy. He's stronger than that and personally if I said that to him, he'd probably go tell me to go do something. ↗

— Karl Malone

#believes #coach #could #crazy #force