#we

Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude. ↗

— Frank Muir

#grin #humor #inflicting #jokes #masculine

Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called Art Music and wanted to explore other areas - we were approaching it in some quite tongue-in-cheek ways and we had a lot of fun - we spent more time laughing than playing music. ↗

— Jamie Muir

#approaching #areas #art #been #come

The reasons why I left were to do with my interest in Buddhism. There were experiences over a period of about six months which caused me to decide to give up music, so one morning I felt I had to go to E.G. Management and tell them. ↗

— Jamie Muir

#buddhism #caused #decide #experiences #felt

There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords. ↗

— John Muir

#control #creation #flower #glance #greatest

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#every #gandhi #generation #i #models

Then, of course, I played alto and tenor, wherever there were jobs. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#course #i #jobs #played #tenor

In the 1980s, we were advised, why don't you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let's see how we can fit them in the Indian economy. Every country has its own way of moving forward. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#country #economics #economy #every #fit

We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year has been robust, surpassing pre-crisis export levels and pre-crisis export growth trends. We have diversified our export baskets and our export destinations. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#been #cannot #current #destinations #developments

I try to not get to the point where one is making wallpaper, or simply painting money. I want to make sure that I am at least trying to weigh myself down, that there's a challenge each time. ↗

— Martin Mull

#challenge #down #each #get #i

We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It's unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don't reflect that in their boardrooms. ↗

— Anne M. Mulcahy

#boards #companies #constituents #data #defend