#stand

It's hardly a radical idea to suggest that regulators and legislators understand the law now, is it? ↗

— Nigel Farage

#idea #law #legislators #now #radical

Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications. ↗

— Drew Endy

#applications #biological #build #design #engineering

I was instructed by people in higher rank to stand there and hold this leash and look at the camera. We were doing what we were told. ↗

— Lynndie England

#doing #higher #hold #i #instructed

I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding. ↗

— Epicurus

#did #far #i #knew #learn

But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them. ↗

— Julius Erving

#affluent #because #choosing #chosen #cognizant

The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#decent #decent standard #depends #destiny #living

At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations. ↗

— Amar Bose

#body #bring #could #disciplines #exceeded

When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#ask #chips #conviction #deep #deep conviction

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides. ↗

— Euripides

#better #better chance #both #both sides #chance

There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they'll stand with them for quite a long time. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#decide #long #long time #lots #men