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He was a man, he always performed his promises. ↗

Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father? ↗

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict. ↗

— Witold Pilecki

#arrested #ask #carried #deciding #had

Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough but not too much who are the happiest. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#care #enough #freedom #great #happiest

When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#been #called #exactly #flying #idiot

When I was in seventh grade my mom caught me smoking cigarettes and punished me by making me smoke the entire carton. All it did was piss me off because I was out of cigarettes. ↗

— Pink

#caught #cigarettes #did #entire #grade

People were hanging out in these places, and just like at cocktail parties, they needed something to do together. I thought, 'How can we fit games into someone's life?' ↗

— Mark Pincus

#fit #games #hanging #how #i

You can manage 50 people through the strength of your personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they're all pointed in the right direction. ↗

— Mark Pincus

#lack #make #manage #people #personality

So no, it's not all in the genes, but what isn't in the genes isn't in the family environment either. It can't be explained in terms of the overall personalities or the child-rearing practices of parents. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#either #environment #explained #family #genes

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing. ↗

— Daniel Pinkwater

#i #learned #reading #went #write