#rely

In physics, to be in two places at the same time would be a miracle; in politics it seems not merely normal, but natural. ↗

— Charles Edison

#miracle #natural #normal #physics #places

I have three living children for whom this is a father who I want them to love and on whom they're going to have to rely if my disease takes a bad turn. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#children #disease #father #going #i

I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#confidence #directing #else #entirely #i

If you can attribute your success entirely to your own mental effort, to your own attitude, to some spiritual essence that you have that is better than other people's, then that must feel pretty good. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#attribute #better #effort #entirely #essence

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#albeit #illusion #merely #persistent #reality

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#presidential #problems #rarely #terminal #unlike

As long as some of us choose to rely on nuclear weapons, we continue to risk that these same weapons will become increasingly attractive to others. ↗

— Mohamed ElBaradei

#become #choose #continue #increasingly #long

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#different world #get #know #listen #merely

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. ↗

— Epictetus

#hope #life #neither #nor #rely

The labs were happy that I was brave enough to attempt to program it and the $5 million computer was left entirely to my use. I was their human guinea pig. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#brave #computer #enough #entirely #guinea