“President Obama has decided to have the United Nations review the law of Arizona. You have got to be kidding! We're now going to have countries like Cuba, Libya and Uganda sitting in judgment on Arizona's laws? Enough is enough!” CountryEnoughLawNationsPresidentUnitedJudgmentSittingDecidedReviewsPresident ObamaUnited NationsCubaArizonaLibyaUgandaEnough Is Enough Author:Russell Pearce
“Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.... I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.... It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating. None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.” WayYearsFirstsCountryBeautifulFoundInspiringClassDesignCollegeTenComputerDecidedHistoricalPracticalsSubtleFascinatingCaptureApplicationInstructionReedsMacintoshStanford UniversityCalligraphyMacintosh Computers Author:Steve Jobs
“When you have decided to purchase a farm, be careful not to buy rashly; do not spare your visits and be not content with a single tour of inspection. The more you go, the more will the place please you, if it be worth your attention. Give heed to the appearance of the neighbourhood, - a flourishing country should show its prosperity. "When you go in, look about, so that, when needs be, you can find your way out.” IfsWayNeedsGivingShouldLooksCountryShowsAttentionPleaseDecidedProsperityCarefulAppearanceFarmsBe YouBe CarefulSparesHeedFlourishingInspectionNeighbourhoods Book:Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Cato the Elder (Illustrated)
“The development of science has produced an industrial revolution which has brought different peoples in such close contact with one another through colonization and commerce that no matter how some nations may still look down upon others, no country can harbor the illusion that its career is decided wholly within itself.” LooksMayStillsDifferentCountryMatterNationsCareersRevolutionDevelopmentIllusionDecidedContactCommerceDifferent PeoplesHarborsColonizationIndustrial Revolution Book:Democracy and Education: Top American Authors Source: Democracy and Education: Top American Authors
“Younger Cuban Americans who have decided to go to the island always come back telling me "that isn't the country my grandparents have told me about."” CountryDecidedIslandsGrandparentCuban Author:Mark Falcoff
“It was beguiling to live in a country, Scotland, that didn't look enough like itself to be a location for its own movies... I remember consulting a film book and discovering that Arthur Freed decided to shoot Brigadoon in Hollywood because nowhere in Scotland looked Scottish enough.” LooksBookCountryEnoughRememberFilmDecidedHollywoodDiscoveringLocationScotlandScottishArthurConsulting Author:Andrew O'Hagan