#tendency

There's a big tendency to gravitate toward a closed and proprietary approach too easily. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#big #closed #easily #gravitate #proprietary

As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#again #been #being #beings #buy

I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience. ↗

— Ricky Williams

#i #i think #look #objectively #rather

If I'm within reach and can be helpful, I have a tendency to say 'Yes.' It's hard to say 'No.' ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#helpful #i #reach #say #tendency

Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#back #before #current #evidence #facts

Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. ↗

— John Bolton

#generals #last #like #politicians #tendency

Jews have a tendency to become comedians. ↗

— Sacha Baron Cohen

#comedians #jews #tendency

The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#democracies #mediocrity #tendency #things

I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#bad #bored #get #hard #i

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together. ↗

— Jerry Stiller

#get #get married #hang #hang in there #hanging