#community

Community is composed of that which we don't attempt to measure, for which we keep no record and ask no recompense. Most are things we cannot measure no matter how hard we try. ↗

— Dee Hock

#family #love #family

Nothing is insignificant in the history of a young community, and - above all - nothing seems impossible. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#community #history #impossible #insignificant #nothing

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#community #down #first #foremost #handed

Setting up a community and seeing what happens to it when the megalomaniacs get busy: that's my main preoccupation. ↗

— Louis de Bernieres

#community #get #happens #main #preoccupation

We are usually told that democracy originated in ancient Athens—like science, or philosophy, it was a Greek invention. It’s never entirely clear what this is supposed to mean. Are we supposed to believe that before the Athenians, it never really occurred to anyone, anywhere, to gather all the members of their community in order to make joint decisions in a way that gave everyone equal say? ↗

— David Graeber

#democracy #history #politics #equality

Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#corporate #corporate world #everyone #i #intelligence

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#benefit #community #every #fiction #good

Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it or not- politicians as well. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#bright future #children #community #ensuring #families

Getting to where Delaware State is today was a challenge my friends - a challenge proudly met by the people of this community and the Delaware State family. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#challenge #community #delaware #delaware state #family

As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that. ↗

— Julian Castro

#been #blessing #community #depends #family