#than

You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it. ↗

— Cornel West

#got #just #opinion #rather #reflects

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. ↗

— Jonathan Winters

#just #less #likely #nothing #nothing is impossible

I still enjoy watching films more than making them. ↗

— Michael Winterbottom

#films #i #making #more #still

In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#federal government #formation #government #her #history

I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you. ↗

— Bill Withers

#feel #healthier #i #i feel #look

We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#day #dollars #half #less #living

There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#acting #because #become #else #fascinating

Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economy's long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#best #economy #experience #fiscal #government

There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. ↗

— Ted Williams

#any #baseball #been #game #hitter

The eldest and biggest of the litter was a dog cub, and when he drew his first breath he was less than five inches long from his nose to where his tail joined his back-bone. ↗

— Henry Williamson

#breath #cub #dog #drew #eldest