Sieur Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

There is no reason inherent in the real resources available to us why we cannot move rapidly within the next two or three years to a state of genuine full employment. — William Vickrey

But when you're alone in the world, really alone, you have no choice but to be open to suggestions. — Sarah Dessen

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella too. — James Stewart

One can be both free and economically secure while leading a totally meaningless and empty existence. — George Lakoff

Thus it went as she made her way around the biomes of Ring B. Always she found that her mother the great engineer had made some crucial intervention, finding solutions to problems that had stymied the locals. Devi had the knack of sidestepping dilemmas, Badim said when Freya mentioned this, by moving back several logical steps, and coming at the situation from some new way not yet noticed. "It's sometimes called avoiding acquiescence," Badim said. "Acquiescence means accepting the framing of a problem, and working on it from within the terms of the frame. It's a kind of mental economy, but also a kind of sloth. And Devi does not have that kind of sloth, as you know. She is always interrogating the framing of the problem. Acquiescence is definitely not her mode. — Kim Stanley Robinson

Playing the clown is not an easy task. Clowns, I have come to believe, are placed upon the earth solely to fill the needs of others, while running perilously close to "Empty" themselves. — Alan Bradley

Whatever your situation might be, set your mind to whatever you want to do and put a good attitude in it, and I believe that you can succeed. You are not going to get anywhere just sitting on your butt and moping around. — Bethany Hamilton

My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on results. — Andrew Mitchell

Out here the world was bright and sharp and full of hungry mouths waiting to eat her up. — Christina Henry

We don't need a War on Carbon. We need a new prosperity that can be shared by all while still respecting a multitude of real ecological limits - not just atmospheric gas concentrations, but topsoil depth, water supplies, toxic chemical concentrations, and the health of ecosystems, including the diversity of life they depend upon. — Alex Steffen

Mary is an apple.
Whoever plucks her
Nails his heart
To the leafless tree. — Ted Hughes