Mary Jo had told me once, “You think I want you to keep adding skills. I don’t. I want you to start shedding illusions.”
― Steve Hoffman, A Season for That
Category: quote
Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about?
You’d better cool it off before you burn it out
You’ve got so much to do
And only so many hours in a day, heyBut you know that when the truth is told
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You’re gonna kick off before you even get halfway through, ooh
When will you realize Vienna waits for you?
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
— Annie Besant
“The future is inside us. It’s not somewhere else… We call upon the people. Only people have this power. The numbers don’t decide. Your system is a lie. A river running dry. The wings of a butterfly. And you may pour us away like soup. Like we’re pretty broken flowers. We’ll take back what is ours. One day at a time.”
“Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be… defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.”
— Ronald Reagan
“Do not try and bend the spoon, that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth… There is no spoon. Then you’ll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.”
— The Matrix
To all the guys out there, here’s my life hack. Surround yourself with smart women and listen to them and you’ll do just fine.
— Tim Walz
Co-signed. This has worked for me my entire life.
Let me tell you something. I love this guy… You can tell those flannel shirts he wears don’t come from some political consultant, they come from his closet, and they have been through some stuff.
— Barrak Obama on Tim Walz
Like I’ve said, Tim Walz is Folksy.
“Don’t ever shy away from our progressive values. One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”
— Tim Walz
Like I said, “Folksy”.
Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law.
Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune.
— Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing in dissent of today’s Supreme Court ruling on Presidential Immunity