#usual

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites. ↗

— George A. Smith

#base #certain #farther #finds #go

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #books #find #go #i

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#artists #comes #contract #dates #had

I'm working 2 days a week right now, narration usually on Wed., and host on camera on Friday. ↗

— Robert Stack

#days #friday #host #i #narration

Control over the use of one's ideas really constitutes control over other people's lives; and it is usually used to make their lives more difficult. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#control #difficult #ideas #lives #make

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#culmination #failure #success #success is #usually

Usually I am not a conspiracy theorist. I don't believe in the Bilderbergers as a conspiracy or the Trilateralists. But I am certain that the Communists killed JFK. There is a super great book called 'Legend' by Edward Jay Epstein that makes it all perfectly clear. ↗

— Ben Stein

#believe #book #called #certain #clear

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#easy #fear #feeling #ghostly #i

I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect. ↗

— J. Michael Straczynski

#confront #delirious #expect #good #good intentions

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you've completely failed. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#attracted #because #been #changes #completely