#excell

A high-speed connection is no more an essential civil right than 3G cell phone service or a Netflix account. Increasing competition and restoring academic excellence in abysmal public schools is far more of an imperative to minority children than handing them iPads. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#academic #account #cell #cell phone #children

I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years. ↗

— Indra Nooyi

#applied #asked #boston #consulting #encouraged

I believe that the Apple Shuffle is an excellent compromise among the conflicting requirements of simplicity, elegance, size, battery life, and function. ↗

— Donald Norman

#apple #battery #believe #compromise #conflicting

It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery. ↗

— John Norman

#bonds #excellent #her #mastery #one thing

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#excellence #less #more #profitable #pursuit

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind. ↗

— Richard Price

#artist #away #definition #excellence #freedom

Not only is yoga excellent for flexibility, but it is also a great tool for longevity and injury prevention, as it allows for internal body awareness. ↗

— Kyle Shewfelt

#also #awareness #body #excellent #flexibility

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#endings #excellent #express #happy #joint

Do not use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies." ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#foreign #ideals #lies #native #use

Only the mediocre artist is always at his best. ↗

— Victor J. Banis

#artist #excellence #mediocrity #writer #writing