#leads

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. ↗

— William Blake

#excess #leads #palace #road

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#any #borrowing #cuts #democrats #economists

Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character's existence is a big help. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#being #big #boat #car #character

Sooner or later you must move down an unknown road that leads beyond the range of the imagination, and the only certainty is that the trip has to be made. ↗

— Bruce Catton

#certainty #down #imagination #later #leads

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness. ↗

— Gary Chapman

#i think #leads #nature #often #self-centered

You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it's a role that's underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in. ↗

— Harvey Fierstein

#always #character #character actor #fill #got

Writing only leads to more writing. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#more #only #writing

Ambition leads me not only farther than any other man has been before me, but as far as I think it possible for man to go. ↗

— James Cook

#any #as far as #been #before #far

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. ↗

— William Cowper

#every step #his #his way #instinct #known

Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#animal #brutal #circus #confinement #entertainment