#us

If you make me lunch," he said, "will you put it in a brown paper bag?...Because when I see kids come to school with their lunch in a paper bag, that means that someone cares about them. Miss Laura, can I please have my lunch in a paper bag? ↗

— Laura Schroff

#love #service #business

The topic of compassion is not at all religious business; it is important to know it is human business, it is a question of human survival. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#dalai-lama #future #humanity #inspirational #peace

Basil Stag Hare tut-tutted severely as he remarked to Ambrose Spike, 'Tch, tch. Dreadful table manners. Just look at those three wallahs, kicking up a hullaballoo like that! Eating's a serious business. ↗

— Brian Jacques

#eating #funny #hare-talk #business

And even if we did, which we didn't, it's none of your business." "Okay." "I just wanted you to know." "Okay." "If you say okay one more time, I'm going to punch you in the solar plexus." His eyebrows jump. "The solar plexus, huh?" "Yes," I say. "I'm not exactly sure where that is, but I will find out. And then I will punch you there. Hard. ↗

— Hannah Harrington

#humor #business

Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#birth #commencement #dawn #day #inspiration

And if I was humming "Happy Birthday" and smiling stupidly as I fled for my life—well, that was nobody's business, was it? ↗

— Rick Riordan

#business

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#inspirational-quotes #leadership #women-in-business #womens-rights #business

There is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use it resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud ↗

— Milton Friedman

#ethics #business

I used to care about how other people thought I led my life. But lately I've realized that most people are too preoccupied with their own lives to give anybody else even the scantiest of thoughts. ↗

— Douglas Coupland

#life

Your life is a book; make it a bestseller. ↗

— Shanon Grey

#paranormal #romance #suspense #life