#lor

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins. ↗

— William Pitt

#begins #corrupt #ends #i #know

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. ↗

— Plutarch

#belongs #desirable #glory #indeed #our

The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples... ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#colors #first-love #love #sunset #beauty

The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored. ↗

— John Poindexter

#dollars #explored #incentive #market #need

Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#cheap #corn #designed #efficient #efficient way

Accomplishments have no color. ↗

— Leontyne Price

#color

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#administrative #color #course #fire #fit

I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it. ↗

— Victoria Principal

#enjoy #explore #how #i #other

The closest fires were near enough for us to hear the crackling flames and the yells of firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as we watched. Big ones died down under the firemen's valor only to break out again later. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#big #big ones #break #closest #died

But to make a long story short, I decided that I was going to run, and I announced that I was going to run for president in Florida, I would be the favorite son from Florida, and that would stop Johnson and Kennedy from dividing up the state. ↗

— George Smathers

#decided #dividing #favorite #florida #going