Quotes for All
I don’t know when pepper mills in a restaurant got to be right behind frankincense and myrrh in prominence. It used to be in a little jar that sat next to the salt on the table and everyone passed it around, sneezed, and it was no big deal. Erma Bombeck
As long as we can be just the sidelight, the side issue, issues that deal with human beings, both men and women and children that should be given more prominence are not. Eleanor Smeal
We’re doing quite well in some states, but there are states that you can’t – I mean, it’s just ridiculous the representation of women, and having been an advocate for women, lobbied in many states as well as here at the national level for women. People behave differently when there are women at the table, … Read more
People try so hard to believe in leaders now, pitifully hard. But we no sooner get a popular reformer or politician or soldier or writer or philosopher — a Roosevelt, a Tolstoi, a Wood, a Shaw, a Nietzsche, than the cross-currents of criticism wash him away. My Lord, no man can stand prominence these days. … Read more
Populists believe in conspiracies, and one of the most enduring is that a secret group of international bankers and capitalists, and their minions, control the world’s economy. Because of my name and prominence as the head of the Chase for many years, I have earned the distinction of the conspirator in chief from these people. … Read more
Go back and read Sinclair Lewis – It Can’t Happen Here or Babbitt. For a guy or girl who’s going to do an hour of political comedy, it might be a little rough, sure. But I think if you’re spending 10 minutes or less, and you’re talking about – not necessarily [Donald Trump] but his … Read more
Fear, in evolution, has a special prominence: perhaps more than any other emotion it is crucial for survival. Daniel Goleman
Feelings too must be renovated: old ones removed in many cases, or at least thoroughly modified, and new ones installed or at least heightened into a new prominence. Dallas Willard
Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. Clayton Christensen
I’ve concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn’t dollars, but the individual people whose lives I’ve touched. I think that’s the way it will work for us all. Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. Clayton … Read more