#sly

The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld. ↗

— Dorothy Thompson

#better #better idea #faith #fearlessly #force

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#agricultural #around #beauty #bored #doing

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#dishonest #does #everything #interfere #law

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#buy #great #i #i am #i do

We obviously need more love in the world. And we obviously need more compassion and understanding. Our leaders need to really address these issues properly now. ↗

— Dave Davies

#compassion #issues #leaders #love #more

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#gave #his #money #notoriously #rarely

The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#elected #elected officials #fought #island #life

I'll never stop eating animals, I'm sure, but I do think that for the benefit of everyone, the time has come to stop raising them industrially and stop eating them thoughtlessly. ↗

— Mark Bittman

#come #eating #everyone #i #i do

But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get our priorities straight. I think we all know what's really important in life - winning an Oscar. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#get #i #i think #important #know

This majority is working for America, and one of those ways is we have tremendously low unemployment. This economy has created millions of new jobs, and we are expecting growth this first quarter of somewhere higher than 4 percent. ↗

— Marsha Blackburn

#created #economy #expecting #first #growth