#pal

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#being #built #consists #ground #having

I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me. ↗

— River Phoenix

#change #i #i can #learn #live

Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages. ↗

— William Pitt

#give #must #practical #principals #sake

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#directly #fidelity #frequent #friendship #goes

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#demand #eight #i #kind #month

I don't go tanning anymore because Obama put a 10 percent tax on tanning. McCain would never put a 10 percent tax on tanning. Because he's pale and would probably want to be tan. ↗

— Nicole Polizzi

#because #go #i #mccain #never

Since, therefore, individuals as well as the public are so indebted to these writers for the benefits they enjoy, I think them not only entitled to the honour of palms and crowns, but even to be numbered among the gods. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#benefits #crowns #enjoy #entitled #even

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#brushes #continue #etc #further #get

I'm thankful for Sarah Palin's vice presidential bid, which taught us that Alaska is not in a box off the coast of California. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#bid #box #california #coast #i

The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable from that of the recent past. Each day is a struggle for basic survival. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#basic #day #decline #each #economic