#tack

For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference. ↗

— Richard Branson

#businesses #comes #create #creating #difference

I once owned a really, really ugly pair of white leather boots. They were so bad. It was back in the '80s! It was just a really tacky fashion choice when I was in middle school, and I thought it was cool. I'm really embarrassed. ↗

— Jordana Brewster

#bad #boots #choice #cool #embarrassed

If your heart is large enough to envelop your adversaries, you can see right through them and avoid their attacks. And once you envelop them, you will be able to guide them along the path indicated to you by heaven and earth. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#adversaries #along #attacks #avoid #earth

Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#attack #confront #continually #deeply #draw

From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the media. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#culture #extreme #media #our #subtle

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#barks #coward #dog #god #his

Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation. ↗

— John Buford

#another #attack #command #enemy #extreme

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. ↗

— George W. Bush

#coward #defended #faceless #freedom #itself

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction. ↗

— George W. Bush

#destruction #develop #each #free #free nations

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you're dealt? ↗

— George W. Bush

#any #attacks #bust #country #course