#viv

The idea for which this nation stands will not survive if the highest goal free man can set themselves is an amiable mediocrity. Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#every #excellence #free #free man #goal

In our early period we pretty much survived or perished on our capacity to reach people, and on getting into the pattern of having no money and playing lots of shows. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#early #getting #having #into #lots

I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. The experience of working there is something of a battleground, a great one, but complicated. I think there's a deep connection for having survived that workplace. ↗

— Ana Gasteyer

#closest #complicated #connection #deep #experience

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#hair #hold #i #just #know

We agree that man was not created to survive in space. ↗

— Walter Lang

#created #man #space #survive #to survive

All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#better #capable #chance #existence #fact

Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#concord #enabling #help #important #means

Europe cannot survive another world war. ↗

— Christian Lous Lange

#cannot #europe #survive #war #world

Families survive, one way or another. You have a tie, a connection that exists long after death, through many lifetimes. ↗

— Jessica Lange

#another #connection #death #exists #families

Each of us needs something - food, liquor, pot, whatever - to help us survive. Dracula needs blood. ↗