#thou

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#action #child #thought

One thought fills immensity. ↗

— William Blake

#immensity #thought

My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#championships #father #fun #gave #good

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon. ↗

— William Devane

#creation #credit #david #enjoyable #frowned

Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#anything #competition #drove #else #enjoy

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. ↗

— Tony Blair

#futile #government #i #lead #party

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#difficult #imagine #life #me #my life

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war. ↗

— Tony Blair

#children #contemplate #entire #entire lives #first

Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#becomes #companion #delightful #doubtful #flatterer

I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. ↗

— Tony Blair

#cannot #circumstances #go #government #i