#pointing

And yet the Nobel Prizes, in singling out individuals, have done a great deal of good in pointing up to the world as a whole and setting forth clearly goals for achievement. ↗

— Willard Libby

#clearly #deal #done #forth #goals

I used to look at these pictures of trumpeters pointing their instrument to the ceiling. Stunning pictures, but if you play the trumpet and point it upwards, all the spit comes back into your mouth! ↗

— Humphrey Lyttelton

#ceiling #comes #i #instrument #into

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#artists #beauty #cannot #company #eros

When you're a very ambitious person, the things that are disappointing are when other people around you aren't as enthusiastic. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#around #disappointing #enthusiastic #other #people

Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. ↗

— Van Morrison

#being #being famous #complete #disappointing #drag

I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to be disappointing. So I worked really hard, but at the time it suited me, because I didn't do very much else. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#always #amount #because #disappointing #effort

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#first #foremost #future #nations #pointing

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#fail #fingers #pointing #responsibility #take

This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#book #daunting #help #how #into

It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and hold themselves out as experts in other fields. ↗

— David Douglass

#deserved #disappointing #embarrassing #experts #fields