#vin

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher. ↗

— Saint Teresa of Avila

#charm #divinely #each #faculties #gave

I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice in every aspect of their lives, and yet politics is the last place that they are told that they should be satisfied with a choice between brand A and brand B. It doesn't fit the way they think. It doesn't fit the way they live. ↗

— John Avlon

#aspect #between #brand #centrist #choice

What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base. ↗

— John Avlon

#conventional #conventional wisdom #cycle #different #give

We've got ballots flying around, being counted by hand, arriving by truck and in God knows whose custody. ↗

— David Axelrod

#arriving #ballots #being #counted #custody

Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life. ↗

— Roy Ayers

#be happy #beautiful #being #breathe #gift

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#blessedness #consists #desires #having #only

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#among #attach #discussion #full #hope

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#congress #dispute #early #get #having

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#back #country #creation #everglades #front

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#becomes #country #paris #provincial #ridiculous