#not

I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught. ↗

— Jacques Maritain

#another #appear #arises #big #bring

Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education. ↗

— Ed Markey

#although #any #cannot #child #children

Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers. ↗

— Merrill Markoe

#answers #ask #bay #beware #conversely

I like doing nothing, actually. Doing nothing is better thing when I am not working. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#am #better #better thing #doing #i

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. ↗

— Don Marquis

#does #ever #get #gets #idea

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. ↗

— Don Marquis

#blood #boast #descendants #family #finish

There is nothing so habit-forming as money. ↗

— Don Marquis

#nothing

I've learned people are watching, so don't do nothing stupid. ↗

— Bruno Mars

#learned #nothing #people #stupid #watching

I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. It's more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly. ↗

— Diana Ross

#closed #comes #fingers #grains #hand

Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect performance and every note has to be right. Man, every note is not right in life. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#every #humans #imperfect #jazz #life