I guess the worst moment I ever had in business was the fear that Southwest Airlines wouldn't get off the ground.
When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.
We used to think that revolutions are the cause of change. Actually it is the other way around: change prepares the ground for revolution.
When documents were analog, they were protected by government laws against unreasonable search and seizure. When they live in the cloud... the ground is shifting.
I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.
I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.
On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad.
Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free.
I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.
There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.
The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.
I saw 28 Days. I don't remember rehab being like a day camp or being that funny. Rehab is a dumping ground. It's a big landfill.
These are the themes in life which are consistent in Judaism, Islam, Hinduism - of being grounded in who you are and being engaged in an unjust world.
My feet are definitely more grounded than before. And I know that I'm not holding onto a dream. I'm holding onto my life.
Yoga changed my life. I go between 4 and 6 times a week. It's incredibly grounding and an intense level of focus.
I found going to school when I was modeling very grounding. It's really kept my perspective on bigger things in my life.
No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.
