#son

You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'? ↗

— Dick Gregory

#british #business #business person #chairman #entertainers

You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand a person straight over. You don't have to go through the normal extradition process. ↗

— Tony Greig

#charter #countries #go #hand #indictment

Scientists used to do an experiment whereby a dog’s repeated reward for performing a task was unaccountably replaced by punishment. The dog, knowing it would be penalized for doing well or doing badly, would become melancholic and inactive. This and other unforeseeable results were funded by taxing up to sixty percent of people’s earnings. People became strangely melancholic and inactive ↗

— Steve Aylett

#inspiration #lesson #life #love #experience

Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#mature #person #relationships

Let go of the people who dull your shine, poison your spirit, and bring your drama. Cancel your subscription to their issues. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#humor #inspirational #issues #let-go #life

Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers. ↗

— Jimmy Griffin

#acoustic guitar #bass #dorsey #fabulous #guitar

I'm planning a different show, though for obvious reasons some of the material will be the same, and of course I will perform material from the new CD. ↗

— George Duke

#course #different #i #material #new

Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house! ↗

— Nanci Griffith

#being #catch #else #good #hand

Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song. ↗

— Nanci Griffith

#child #god #god bless #got #live

Miles added it to his life's lessons list. Call it Rule 27B. Never make key tactical decisions while having electro-convulsive seizures. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#guidebok #life-lessons #manual #rule #tactics