#situation

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach. ↗

— Brian Eno

#presents #reach #set #situation #slightly

So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#chinese #cultivate #employer #even #extensively

You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#amend #believe #big #big enough #enough

I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who weren't born. For people who weren't born, they see how leaders must act under a crisis situation, not trying to be re-elected or not trying to check polls, that they go from their gut check. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#born #check #crisis #go #gut

If this TV success had come in my twenties and I'd become a heart-throb, I would have been very stupid. I would have got into a lot of situations that I really wished I hadn't. ↗

— Brendan Coyle

#been #come #got #had #hadn

In my situation there are often things I need to do for the team, so when I get the chance to relax it's all I want to do. ↗

— Sidney Crosby

#get #i #need #often #relax

At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have. ↗

— Johnny Damon

#because #chances #coming #could #i

The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it. ↗

— Larry David

#because #being #best #best part #both

I take little bits and pieces of ideas that I may or may not believe in but I give them to this character and he runs with them. I have fun with however he handles the situation. ↗

— Jhonen Vasquez

#bits #bits and pieces #character #fun #give

Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind. ↗

— Mike Todd

#being broke #broke #mind #poor #situation