#passe

In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#era #holiness #necessarily #our #passes

All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school. ↗

— David Bailey

#could #draw #ever #exam #got

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel. ↗

— Fred Barnes

#associated #balk #bin #bush #chance

We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. ↗

— John Cage

#daily #daily life #highest #involved #life

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

I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#black #civil #civil rights #country #every

In the end, the American dream is not a sprint, or even a marathon, but a relay. Our families don't always cross the finish line in the span of one generation. But each generation passes on to the next the fruits of their labor. ↗

— Julian Castro

#american #american dream #cross #dream #each

Just because you're upfront with someone doesn't mean you're an honest person; you might just be someone in the passenger seat. ↗

— Brian Celio

#honest #honest person #just #just be #just because

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#another #generation #passes #simply #society

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #better #better place #eat #encourages