#take

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#apologized #country #early #error #escaped

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#back #behind #bright #bring #find

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#away #behind #leaves #less #mind

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#does #hours #line #maybe #moment

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#apologize #good #life #mean #never

The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits. ↗

— Dick Wolf

#deficits #disastrous #economically #employment #expand

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#appearance #beauty #her #individualize #makes

Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#assistance #bank #because #bridges #done

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#chooses #evil #good #happiness #man

I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#economic #factor #i #i think #investors