To be a hero is to become a paradox. The very act of wanting to be a hero implies that you wish danger upon others in order to save them, for one cannot be a hero with needing someone to save.
What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.
I'm always wondering: Have all these time-saving devices actually saved us any time, or have they just created a million fetishes and obsessions that keep us from the quiet half hour we should be taking to sit and do nothing every day?
For a long time, rich countries have promised to reduce poverty but have failed to match their words with adequate action. Of course, some important progress has been made and millions of lives have been saved, but millions more could be saved.
Sing's Sidekick: You gave him your life savings? Sing: Yes. I was saving to become a doctor or lawyer... but this was a chance for world peace.
Elizabeth: You're despicable. Jack Sparrow: Sticks and stones, love. I saved your life, you saved mine. We're square.
Khan: I can save her. Thomas Harewood: What did you say? Khan: Your daughter. I can save her. Thomas Harewood: Who are you?
I was always the frugal kid growing up because I was saving for college. Or I was always that kid that was like, 'I'm going to save my babysitting money so I can eat an expensive dinner when I go to Europe.'
Jeff Bebe: "Rock 'n' roll can save the world"? "The chicks are great"? I sound like a dick! Russell Hammond: [to himself] You are a dick.
[from trailer] Nick Fury: Here we all are, with nothing but our wit and our will to save the world! So stand and fight!
[From trailer] Ultron: I was designed to save the world. People would look to the sky and see hope... I'll take that from them first.
Obviously, people with low or even moderate incomes could not afford such savings rates, and even diligent savings from their low wages would not be enough to pay for either retirement or healthcare.
To have saved one human life is worth more than to build a pagoda with seven stories.
A man who wields a pen has to be accountable to society.
Asia has been by all accounts an incredible investment made by Yahoo.
I have a Twitter account. I own my name, but I've never tweeted.
There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues.
If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends.
When the Universe is taken into account, nothing is impossible.
I can always remember that experience in Hawaii pleasantly on account of Elvis.
If my father had hugged me even once, I'd be an accountant right now.
