“I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.” WorldWantStatesSportsNaturalLevelsUnitedUnited StatesPlayerHeardHighestBaseballBaseball Player Author:Ichiro Suzuki
“While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family's future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State of California - not Washington D.C. Therefore I will not seek election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.” KnowsHeartStatesYoungMy HeartOfficeHighestEncouragementElectionEsteemCaliforniaSenateUnfinishedUnfinished Work Author:Gavin Newsom
“The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise of judgement, sensibility, and skill. The romanticist cannot be satisfied with such a normal standard; for him art is essentially irrational - an experience beyond normality, sometimes destructive of normality, and at the very least evocative of that state of wonder which is the state of mind induced by the immediately inexplicable.” MindArtSometimesStatesCommonWonderExerciseSkillsNormalHighestStandardsArt IsRefuseSatisfiedJudgementDestructiveWorks Of ArtState Of MindSensibilityIrrationalInexplicableNormalityNaturalistClassicistsState Of Wonder Author:Herbert Read
“The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of time, no eating, no talking, no walking, no working and not doing anything at all, realizing that the Self is action-less.” SelfStatesActionRealizingTalkingDoubtMeditationWalkingEgoEatingHighestNotionNo DoubtSamadhi Author:Dharma Mittra
“From the highest state of mind you have a window whereby you could perhaps move beyond all states of mind, to enlightenment.” MindStatesMovingHighestEnlightenmentWindowState Of MindIntroductionAll State Author:Frederick Lenz
“One day the Constitution of Colorado is the highest law of the state. The next day it’s waste paper.” StatesLawNextOne DayWastePaperHighestConstitutionNext DayColorado Author:Robert F. Williams
“The inquiry into the proper aims and limits of State agency must be of the highest importance nay, that it is perhaps more vitally momentous than any other political question.” StatesPoliticalLimitsHighestImportanceAimAgencyInquiry Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“Stop judging life! Look at every event as blessed. It is offering you the fastest track to get onto your highest, happiest and most successful state. Your soul is working it all out perfectly. When you accept this you will make life amendments easily and lovingly. Then the pain stops and the joyous creation begins.” LooksSoulStatesPainAcceptingSuccessfulEventsCreationJudgingHighestBlessedTrackYour SoulWorking ItOfferingAmendmentsJoyous Author:Melanie
“I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States.” PeopleIfsGivingSoulStatesGovernmentPoliticalAsksSpeakLanguageDemandHighestConstitutionGive MeCuriosityAgentsWelfareGentlemanCharacteristicsAnxiousSovereigntyExclusiveLeading MeCompactVenerationSolicitudeConfederationPublic Welfare Author:Patrick Henry
“America washes its dirty linen in public. When scandals such as this one hit, they do sully America's image in the world. But what usually also gets broadcast around the world is the vivid reality that the United States forces accountability and punishes wrongdoing, even at the highest levels.” WorldStatesRealityAmericaForceLevelsUnitedUnited StatesHighestAround The WorldDirtyAccountabilityScandalVividWrongdoingLinen Author:Fareed Zakaria
“The United States of course wants to follow the highest standards of conduct with regard to enemy combatants who follow the rules of war. It should and does follow the Geneva Conventions scrupulously when fighting the armed forces of other nations that have signed the Geneva Conventions or follow their principles.” WantShouldDoeWarStatesFightingCoursesForceNationsUnitedEnemyPrinciplesUnited StatesHighestStandardsRegardConventionsArmed ForcesGenevaGeneva Convention Author:John Yoo
“[T]he Swiss people are the best practitioners of the ideals of non-aggression. The Swiss national government posts are parttime positions. Most decisions are made at the canton (state) level. Swiss per capita income is the highest in the world, showing that non-aggression pays. How did the Swiss come to adopt a relatively non-aggressive constitution in an aggressive world? In the mid-1800s, they imitated our constitution and stuck with it!” PeopleWorldMadeStatesGovernmentDecisionLevelsPayPositionHighestIdealsConstitutionStuckIncomePostsAggressiveAggressionSwiss Author:Mary Ruwart