#default

Sure, we thought the acres That we tilled were sacred, But how could we have known That wheat can haunt like ghosts ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#family-farm #poem #poetry #sherman-alexie #short-poems

I made a few records here and there by default, but I wasn't ever comfortable in that role. I wasn't comfortable on stage. We'll see how it goes this time. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#default #ever #few #goes #here

We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation. ↗

— Jon Voight

#become #becoming #causes #default #freedoms

To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#default #describe #i #i always #leisure

Don't let anything stand in the way of you claiming and manifesting the life that you choose rather than the life you have by default. ↗

— Joy Page

#choose #claiming #default #life #manifesting

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#cannot #could #currency #debts #default

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#default #expect #greek #happens #other

When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

#default #force #liberty #never #recovered

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#am #because #default #does #i

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon. ↗

— Barack Obama

#got #jeopardy #moment #nobody #put