#orders

Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to different degrees. ↗

— George G. Simpson

#converge #course #degrees #different #orders

Whether things turn out for the better depends on what we do. We ought not spend our time masterminding the future, but recognize our marching orders: to do the best we can for history and the planet. ↗

— Huston Smith

#better #depends #future #history #marching

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't. ↗

— John Stossel

#armies #borders #country #cross #either

You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won't discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself. (p. 84) ↗

— Geneen Roth

#eating #eating-disorders #health #food

Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#confounded #contrary #delightful #evil #good

I think in the corridors of power these dangerous kinds of orders are issued in a much more vague way, passed down two or three levels of command before they're given to the assassin. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#before #command #corridors #dangerous #down

Obviously, overall infrastructure needs on the Southwest and Northern borders are mounting. We need a major push in Congress to remedy this. ↗

— Pete Domenici

#congress #infrastructure #major #mounting #need

Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#anarchy #borders #distance #ethiopia #military

We got orders to strike the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. We had a task force with the Enterprise. We had two or three cruisers and probably eight or 10 destroyers. ↗

— Barney Ross

#eight #enterprise #force #gilbert #got

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#borders #cannot #conceive #i #israel