The primary social contract between the people of the United States and their government - quaint though it might seem to even mention it at this point - is that ours is to be a government 'of the people, by the people, for the people.'
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
When I was a kid, there was no distinction between a movie about old people or young people. It was either funny or not. It was either entertaining or not. It was either exciting or not. It was either thrilling or not.
I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.
Great nations are built by great people, not just successful people
But I know something else, too: bad people are rare. Good people are everywhere.
In running Wilson Sonsini, it's all people-to-people skills. Those people-to-people skills translate into diplomatic skills.
People with looks are lovely. People with brains are witty. People with cash are wealthy. But people with God are truly happy.
I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.
Successful people make money. It's not that people who make money become successful, but that successful people attract money. They bring success to what they do.
Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.
A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
If you wish to succeed, consult three old people.
Lazy people always want to do everything at the same time.
Some dissociative parts of the personality, living in trauma time, may experience the same emotion no matter the situation, such as fear, rage, shame, sadness, yearning and even some positive ones just as joy.
Tiny Giggles Silly giggles of laughter I store upon a shelf I give some to other I save some for myself I am rich beyond all measure Though not with worldly wealth I store up these treasures For my heart and soulful health.
A few names were known in full, some in part, some not at all. No one cared. Except in clearly unreasonable cases, a soldier was generally called by the name he preferred, or by what he called himself, and no great effort was made to disentangle Chri...
...while some communities are chasing visions out, others are chasing one another away. ....while some leaders love breaking records, others love breaking constructed buildings. Good leaders deserve golden trophies while gas cylinder is o.k for the b...
... each gratification points to the ultimate one, and that all happiness has some connection with eternal beatitude. Some connection, if only this: that every fulfillment this side of Heaven instantly reveals its inadequacy. It is immediately eviden...
Lately, they were always reassuring each other that nothing was wrong; and probably it was true—life wasn’t supposed to be incredible, after all. Life wasn’t some incredible movie. Life was all the movies, ever, happening at once. There were go...
