#ward

The bizarre world of cards is a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments are meted out immediately. ↗

— Ely Culbertson

#cards #immediately #out #politics #power

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#backwards #blush #boss #corruption #could

It's something we, guys, have all done. Made tapes for girls, trying to impress them, to meet them on a shared plane of aesthetics. Read them someone else's poetry because they do poetry better than you could do it, because you're too awkward to do it. ↗

— John Cusack

#because #better #could #done #else

The flattery is nice, but awards don't add up to writing quality songs. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#awards #flattery #nice #quality #songs

In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#gave #give #how #measure #money

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be. ↗

— Charlie Daniels

#any #anybody #band #because #big

Nothing is more prominently brought forward in the New Testament than the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#christ #coming #forward #jesus #jesus christ

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it, as afterwards. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#advent #afterwards #before #certain #elect

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#beans #could #i #mean #roomful

The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#caring #effort #experience #garden #gardener