#sin

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there? ↗

— Whitney Houston

#gimmick #god #me #other #sing

Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#benefit #constructive #constructive criticism #criticism #desire

Sometimes, only one person is missing, and the whole world seems depopulated. ↗

— Alphonse de Lamartine

#only #person #seems #sometimes #whole

If we fight our enemy using the same inhumane and morally bankrupt techniques that we are trying to stop, we will simply become what we have beheld. ↗

— Ed Markey

#become #beheld #enemy #fight #inhumane

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#art #balance #calming #depressing #devoid

One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

#business #candidates #i #just #one thing

He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#business #constituency #corporation #customers #economic

Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#clothes #collections #everything #expect #expensive

I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working. ↗

— Alison Moyet

#parent #prohibited #single #single parent #working

With my talent, I can make people laugh and give them another attitude about life. What a blessing that is for me. ↗

— Doris Roberts

#another #attitude #blessing #give #i