E. F. Schumacher Quotes
Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
-
It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
-
I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
-
A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.
-
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
-
I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
-
Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
-
I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my personal laptop computer, I'm someone who is very, very grateful for all the ways to listen to music and completely switch off from people around me and listen to the music in detail, which is very hard to do if you're in a room with other people.
-
I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
-
I will tell you with 100 percent confidence, Jon Jones is not deep in my head. The fact he actually thinks that, it makes me smile every day.
-
I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
-
The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
-
History's a resource.
-
If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
-
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
-
People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
-
Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
-
My three husbands were afraid of me. I am a very powerful woman.
-
Michael Grimm never met a tax he didn't lie to evade.
-
I'm a grazer by nature - fruit, nuts - but I try to discipline myself and sit down for regular meals when the girls are around, as I want to instil good habits in them.
-
I have a hotline to the tabloids. When I get up in the morning, I call the Star, and the last thing at night, I call them. I want them to have the inside track.
-
Make no mistake: I do not valorize our military out of some unfamiliar instinct. I grew up in a military family, and have my own record of service, and have stayed closely engaged with our armed forces throughout my public career. In the American system, the military has value only inasmuch as it protects and defends the liberties of the people.
-
Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Whoever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used.
-
Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.
