#vita

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits. ↗

— Stephan Jenkins

#gravitate #i #institutional #misfits #people

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne. ↗

— Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

#book #comes #determination #history #inevitably

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child. ↗

— Carl Jung

#appreciation #back #brilliant #child #curriculum

Many people believe that the current system must inevitably end in total annihilation. They reject, sometimes very emotionally, any attempts to analyze this notion. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#annihilation #any #attempts #believe #current

This sort of encouragement is vital for any writer. And lastly the publication of Touching the Flame, which was on hold for two years and went through a few publishers before finding a stable home. ↗

— Paul Kane

#before #encouragement #few #finding #flame

I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#actions #convince #could #democracy #elections

Today, the US spends less on defense as a percentage of our economy than we did at any time since he Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. For the world's only superpower, that is an invitation to very serious trouble. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#attack #defense #did #economy #harbor

Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#incredible #inevitable #most #quarrels #time

Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health. ↗

— James Thomson

#bliss #exercise #health #principle #vital

The freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success. ↗

— Michael Korda

#fail #failure #freedom #from time to time #going