#ties

The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#application #austere #degenerate #doubt #formulas

Even as individuals become families and families become communities, and communities become nations, so eventually must the nations draw together in peace. ↗

— Marjorie Watts

#c-a-dawson-scott #communities #humanity #individuals #international-relations

We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It's really original. It's called Ambulante, and it's a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico. ↗

— Gael Garcia Bernal

#called #cities #documentary #documentary film #festival

We will ensure that associates continue to possess unsurpassed product knowledge and maintain their dedication to customer service and respect for their colleagues and for the communities in which they work and live. ↗

— Arthur Blank

#colleagues #communities #continue #customer #customer service

I now proceed to demonstrate that the Mexicans are wholly incapable of self-government, and that our liberties, our fortunes and our lives are insecure so long as we are connected with them. ↗

— William H. Wharton

#demonstrate #fortunes #i #incapable #insecure

Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#combine #different #different aspects #difficulties #life

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. ↗

— James Boswell

#companion #friend #himself #loves #man

I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers. ↗

— Rick Boucher

#balance #camp #consumers #digital #finds

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#consistency #duties #first #madam

Something got screwed up in terms of your priorities if you think it's more important to get rid of the dividend tax than it is to take care of 11 million kids. ↗

— David Broder

#dividend #get #got #important #kids