#lever

In today's world, we all live with the burden of feeling that anything is possible if we're only clever enough, smart enough, work hard enough. ↗

— Elizabeth McGovern

#anything is possible #burden #clever #enough #feeling

Whenever I think of something but can't think of what it was I was thinking of, I can't stop thinking until I think I'm thinking of it again. I think I think too much. ↗

— Criss Jami

#challenge #clever #cognition #cognitive #cognitive-psychology

I have never been to a court s gracious as the one Neha keeps. Dmitri played a knife through his fingers, one of the three he'd brought back from Neha's territory. "She truly believes in giving honor to a visitor." He threw to knife at Jason. "He threw it back as Venom added, "Thought she might have that guest neatly executed as the court sleeps. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#humor

...I'm not in control and without a firm spot, like Archimedes I can't move the world - let alone your heart.. ↗

— John Geddes

#control #heart #lever #love #love

No government likes the clever and the honourable men, because it is impossible to bridle them; they are independent! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#men

She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright and tender with a smile as they glanced up into his; and her lips looked hungry for the kiss which they invited. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#chess #clever #course #eyes #felt

I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver. ↗

— Jennifer Ellison

#born #brought #clever #dad #driver

The last time somebody pointed out that cowboys ride horses, not tricycles, I shot him. Of course, I waited until another gunslinger gunned him down, but nevertheless, I still shot him. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#clever #cowboy #cowboys #creative #creativity

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#clever #existence #footwork #punch #tact

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones. ↗

— John Peel

#i #make #mistakes #never #ones