#owe

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#fortune #happy #merit #miserable #only

Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#fallen #her #large #little #may

Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#allowed #american #american films #bad #bad guys

I always tell my employees, the busier it gets, the slower you should cook. When you run around like a crazy person, that's when things go wrong. ↗

— Michael Symon

#around #busier #cook #crazy #crazy person

I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who became celebrities. Bobby Flay is one of my dearest friends and a tremendous mentor for me. Mario Batali is the same way. They began doing TV a little before me and they showed me the way. ↗

— Michael Symon

#before #began #bobby #both #celebrities

A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#authority #maximal #minimal #power #should

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit. ↗

— Ice T

#fruit #go #hanging #lowest #start

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. ↗

— Tacitus

#angry #any #anyone #apt #cause

Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. ↗

— Tacitus

#hate #heir #next #power #supreme

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#flower #gather #her #petals #plucking