#accounts

War had always seemed to me to be a purely human behavior. Accounts of warlike behavior date back to the very first written records of human history; it seemed to be an almost universal characteristic of human groups. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#almost #always #back #behavior #characteristic

We don't have to go that far to sell our beer because our immediate accounts sell so much. Places that sold 10 cases before, now they're selling 30. ↗

— Paul Graham

#because #beer #before #cases #far

The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place. ↗

— Kenneth Grahame

#accounts #acquaintance #badger #everybody #felt

As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes. ↗

— Luis Gutierrez

#as far as #between #billion #far #federal

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical behaviour for both includes draining bank accounts, neglecting children, destroying relations with family and losing interest in anything except the drug or cult. ↗

— Keith Henson

#anything #bank #behaviour #both #children

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#administration #all americans #benefits #cutting #guaranteed

Photographs aren't accounts of scrutiny. The shutter is open for a fraction of a second. ↗

— David Hockney

#fraction #open #photographs #scrutiny #second

How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case. ↗

— Robert G. Allen

#become #case #do you know #how #i

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#africa #assure #cannot #certainly #development

Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#administration #agencies #america #any #because