#lever

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#interest #levers #men #moved #only

Cleverness is not wisdom. ↗

— Euripides

#cleverness

The bold are helpless without cleverness. ↗

— Euripides

#cleverness #helpless #without

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. ↗

— Euripides

#clever #evil #friend #good #good man

People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift. ↗

— Rory Bremner

#i #i do #may #people #really

Clever men are good, but they are not the best. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#clever #good #men

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#action #hunger #important #lever #poverty

Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys. ↗

— Emma Bull

#levers #see #use #word

The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and the spenders - will require long and painful adjustment. ↗

— Vince Cable

#being #between #degree #global #imbalances

I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#clever #contrived #country #does #go