#test

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling

It's kind of fun to listen to Christians who say: I'm a New Testament Christian. What other kind of Christian is there? ↗

— Randall Terry

#christians #fun #i #kind #listen

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men. ↗

— Julius Charles Hare

#greatest men #men #simplest #truths

Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity. ↗

— George Soros

#annually #beneficiaries #benefits #billions #commodity

As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#control #dent #facts #gun #gun control

I don't think Michael Bloomberg would say that his greatest skill is delivering the speech. He would say he's more of a nuts-and-bolts mayor-picking up the trash, dealing with the school system. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#delivering #greatest #his #i #michael

When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges. ↗

— Terence Stamp

#billy #certainty #comes #confidence #edges

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it. ↗

— Constantin Stanislavski

#lack #realize #wisdom

The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#choices #difficulties #due #face #faith

I enjoy the work I do in comedies. It's a valid test of your creative abilities. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#creative #enjoy #i #i do #test