#tea

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#greater #grow #hope #i #less

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#inefficient #instead #instrument #losses #multiplies

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. ↗

— Gertrude Jekyll

#above #careful #entire #garden #grand

I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#cannot #course #i #instead #just

I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

#enthusiasm #flunked #grade #i #just

And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#because #black #country #down #everything

I have the greatest job in the world. Only one person can have it. You have shortstops on other teams - I'm not knocking other teams - but there's only one shortstop on the Yankees. ↗

— Derek Jeter

#i #job #knocking #only #other

Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it. ↗

— Sue Johanson

#computer #down #i #just #kids

We teach teens what we think they ought to know, and we never tell them what they want to know. ↗

— Sue Johanson

#never #ought #teach #teens #tell

The thing about Vegas is, I don't have to fly anywhere, and that really helps. It means I stay in one place for three weeks at a time instead of flying backwards and forwards. ↗

— Elton John

#anywhere #backwards #fly #flying #forwards