I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I’m truly persuasive.
I had to stop drinkin, cuz I got tired of waking up in my car driving ninety.
But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.
When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like. . . FIRE! Fire is inspirational. They should use it in the Olympics, because I ran the 100 in 4. 3.
What I never understand about a hangover is, where does the breath come from? You know what I mean? I mean, is someone shitting in your mouth?
I'm slower and some days are better than others, but I'm a fighter.
The way I see it, the earth is going to be here after we're dead and gone. Even if it's a polluted planet, and they messed it up. Where do they go from here - to another planet so they can mess that up too?
The people have only a very vague direct power. They have the power of voting against the administration, again after its decisions have been taken; but they have no way of getting into the question of policy-making, decision-making, except insofar as the vague forces and pressures of public debate and public opinion have their impact on the President. The President still has to decide. He can't go to the people and ask them to decide for him; he has to make the decision. In that sense he was condemned to be a dictator.
Andrei, did you like the opera?" "Not particularly. " "Andrei, do you see what you're missing?" "I don't think I do, Kira. It's all rather silly. And useless. " "Can't you enjoy things that are useless, merely because they are beautiful?" "No. But I enjoyed it. " "The music?" "No. The way you listened to it.
In short, we needed to shift our thinking and teaching about values-driven leadership from asking the question "What is the right thing to do?" to asking and answering the question "Once I know what I believe is right, how do I get it done?"
Political ideas that have dominated the public mind for decades cannot be refuted through rational arguments. They must run their course in life and cannot collapse otherwise than in great catastrophe.