#yin

There is no real justification for a requirement that a budget of any sort should be balanced, except as a rallying point for those who seek to hamstring government. ↗

— William Vickrey

#balanced #budget #except #government #justification

I don't think we would have had to be an occupying power if we had done the right thing in 1991. ↗

— Jon Lee Anderson

#had #i #occupying #power #right

They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it. ↗

— Dizzy Gillespie

#dance #fifth #long #particular #playing

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. ↗

— Athanasius

#approach #cleanse #copying #deeds #first

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#either #genius #get #guy #idiot

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's destroying the possibility of the teacher and the student having a warm, friendly, intellectual relationship. ↗

— William Glasser

#because #destroying #done #education #every

It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do. ↗

— Aaron Spelling

#been #enjoyed #ever #everything #fun

Caring for but never trying to own may be a further way to define friendship. ↗

— William Glasser

#define #friendship #further #may #never

I'm enjoying simplifying things. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#i #things

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#character #everyone #i #learn #only