#gently

He was thinking alone, and seriously racking his brain to find a direction for this single force four times multiplied, with which he did not doubt, as with the lever for which Archimedes sought, they should succeed in moving the world, when some one tapped gently at his door. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#archimedes #brain #did #direction #door

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#able #civilization #fill #intelligently #last

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our "beauty" so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#approval #beauty #carrying #exposed #identity

Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#assistance #bank #because #bridges #done

But I don't bet the farm on any of those possibilities, either. I'm also preparing, intelligently, to walk away from this, and walk away from it happy to have had the experience. ↗

— Michael Shanks

#any #away #bet #either #experience

Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere. ↗

— Emma Smith

#life #rapid #river #simile #sweep

What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results. ↗

— Harry Browne

#compassionate #directed #intelligently #mind #need

I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#am #avoid #bubbles #hard #hat

Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#federal #insanity #legislation #needed #stop

I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician. ↗

— Blythe Danner

#adored #always #away #business #diligently