#sm

With optimism, you look upon the sunny side of things. People say, 'Studs, you're an optimist.' I never said I was an optimist. I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#because #despair #head #hope #i

A person's a person, no matter how small. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#matter #person #small

To me, what I love about the draft is; first, you see the young men who are realizing their dreams that they've worked so hard for. That's a pretty cool thing. You saw the emotion from some of these guys the other day. And then, the second thing is this total sense of hope and optimism. And, I think that's great for everybody. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#cool #cool thing #day #draft #dreams

In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook. ↗

— John Grierson

#corporate #fact #harmful #in fact #individual

No one in this body wants to see terrorism and the rule of force prevail in Iraq. Some on the other side say otherwise, but I believe they know better. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#better #body #force #i #i believe

I grew up in a very large family in a very small house. I never slept alone until after I was married. ↗

— Lewis Grizzard

#alone #family #grew #house #i

Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he's got iron teeth. ↗

— Andrei A. Gromyko

#got #iron #man #nice #smile

These months drive us to listen within. ↗

— Charol Messenger

#futurist #mayan-calendar #new-cosmic-age #new-humanity #nostradamus

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. ↗

— David Hare

#civilization #tendency #towards #ultimate

Right now there should be a moratorium on the cutting down of old growth in this country. That is a small thing to ask at this point. There is only four percent of old growth left. Ninety-six percent of it has been cut down. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#been #country #cut #cutting #down