#swift

And I am also here to say that if something were to happen, we are prepared to respond swiftly, to respond effectively, and to respond strongly. That is our tradition as a country. And that is a tradition that we will uphold, regardless of any circumstance because this nation is one that is very, very strong and, indeed, extraordinarily resilient. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#am #any #because #circumstance #country

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#any #beast #boils #corruption #dante

Use the occasion, for it passes swiftly. ↗

— Ovid

#passes #swiftly #use

On wrongs swift vengeance waits. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#vengeance #waits #wrongs

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#contact #conversation #currents #elation #enriches

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces. ↗

— Henry W. Kendall

#decay #faces #halt #must #order

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#fundamental #human #human mind #mind #nation

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#asylum #built #dean #dreams #himself

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#destructive #established #free #great #habit

Hockey has given me everything, most importantly it brought me to Swift Current, where I met my wife Deb. ↗

— Joe Sakic

#current #everything #given #hockey #i