#pro

Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end. ↗

— Garth Stein

#success #art

Jenny’s admonition had the desired effect. Ned drew a deep breath and thrust his arm gingerly into the bag, his mouth puckered in distaste. The expression on his face flickered from queasy horror to confusion. From there, it flew headlong into outright bafflement. Shaking his head, he pulled his fist from the bag and turned his hand palm up. For a long moment, the two men stared at the offending lump. It was brightly colored. It was round. It was— “An orange?” Lord Blakely rubbed his forehead. “Not quite what I expected.” He scribbled another notation. “We live in enlightened times,” Jenny murmured. ↗

— Courtney Milan

#jenny #ned #orange #proof-by-seduction #men

As to the war with Japan, the President had already received my memorandum in general as to the possibility of getting a substantial unconditional surrender from Japan which I had written before leaving Washington and which he had approved. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#approved #before #general #getting #had

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly. ↗

— Sting

#big problem #either #i #like #listen

The logical process will often be the safe one. I tend, when I'm given that choice, to go the way that's not safe. ↗

— Sting

#given #go #i #logical #often

Men think that it is essential that the "Nation" have commerce, and export ice, and talk through a telegraph, and ride thirty miles an hour, without a doubt, wether they do or not; but whether we should live like baboons or like men, is a little uncertain. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#men

For those that think men make progress collectively, I warn you, history teaches: You couldn’t be more wrong. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#men

It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence. ↗

— Aberjhani

#demographics-of-united-states #humanity #post-racial-america #race-and-racism-in-america #race-relations

I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money. ↗

— David Lee Roth

#i #make #money #now #problem

I don't really need a job or extra money. After Rose and I get married, the kids and I'll just live off of her guardian paycheck. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#vampire-academy #money