#gear

My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what's on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up. ↗

— Richie Benaud

#brain #gear #into #mantra #otherwise

Backstage, I get sleepy, and want to curl up and snooze. I never get nervous, whatever the event. I feel quite detached until I walk on stage, and then some gear inside me clicks and off I go like a wind up doll. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#clicks #curl #detached #doll #event

I have one speed, I have one gear: go! ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#go #i #speed

To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up. ↗

— Ralph Bunche

#firm resolve #gear #hard #make #must

The best indication is that I still love to ski on most anything, from skating gear to heavy metal. ↗

— Paul Parker

#best #gear #heavy #heavy metal #i

I knew what I wanted to do for my entire life, from nursery to university. I've always been geared towards wanting to act. I've stuck with it, dedicated time to it. ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#always #been #dedicated #entire #entire life

I had always realized it was desirable to gear down the jet. ↗

— Frank Whittle

#desirable #down #gear #had #i

I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#cars #ever #fifth #gear #had

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. ↗

— David Attenborough

#dimensions #fact #first #first time #gear

In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#attempt #because #cultural #culture #dna