#standing

I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line. They share and deal with that sense of risk every day, so I got to see that up close. ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#come #cops #day #deal #every

Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action. ↗

— Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards

#daily #daily life #ends #higher #life

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#apt #called #into #little #most

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#generally #men #more #than #themselves

We are either going to dissolve as a human race or we are going to break through into a new understanding of what it is to be a human being. ↗

— Terry Riley

#break #dissolve #either #going #human

I haven't seen a player in this game, as long as I've been in it, that can't be pitched to... Barry is an outstanding ballplayer. I respect him an awful lot. I also have confidence in my pitchers that they can pitch to Barry Bonds and get him out. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#awful #ballplayer #barry #barry bonds #been

The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict? ↗

— Max de Pree

#among #appear #change #conflict #followers

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding. ↗

— Peter Davison

#appeal #everybody #levels #poetry #reach

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#in-depth #into #misfortune #only #overview

I'm one of the boys, no better than the last second violinist. I'm just the lucky one to be standing in the center, telling them how to play. ↗

— Eugene Ormandy

#center #how #i #just #last