#cone

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny? ↗

The question is not really about a shift to the economic cone where officers are writing about the balance of payments and the need for economic stabilization. ↗

— Lawrence Eagleburger

#balance #cone #economic #need #officers

I crave a cone of silence every once in while. ↗

— Laura Linney

#crave #every #i #once #silence

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free. ↗

— Ray Manzarek

#cone #eat #free #god #good

Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time. ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#day #ice-cream #lick #life #like

I have chosen a life that depends on one’s awareness that every breath may be his last, every step may bring his downfall, and every word may stir betrayal. In truth, I must live in conscious ignorance of the mere thread that holds my life aloft, trusting that God alone has the power to sever it, and that He will do so only when my work on earth is complete. ↗

— Nicole Sager

#danger #falconer #fate #isle-of-arcrea #life

After the other day at the playground, I wasn’t sure if you would want to talk to me or not,' Drew said, his eyes serious. 'What made you change your mind?' 'You were throwing pinecones at my door.' I laughed at how ridiculous it sounded. 'I should be irritated at you, but it was kind of cute. ↗

— Michelle Madow

#pinecones #change

It’s not just picking the right friends. It is being the right friend. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#john-paul-warren #leadership #pastor #sozo-global #sozo-life

The personal, as everyone’s so fucking fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here – it is slow and cold, and it is theirs, hardware and soft-. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide from under it with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it personal. Do as much damage as you can. Get your message across. That way, you stand a better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous marks the difference - the only difference in their eyes - between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it’s just business, it’s politics, it’s the way of the world, it’s a tough life and that it’s nothing personal. Well, fuck them. Make it personal. Quellcrist Falconer Things I Should Have Learned by Now, Volume II ↗

— Richard K. Morgan

#quellcrist-falconer #takeshi-kovacs #business

When life gives you twists and turns, Chique Yourself Up in Italy! ↗

— Barbara Conelli

#chique-secrets-of-dolce-vita #italy #travel #travel-essays #travel-narrative-nonfiction