#act

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily. ↗

— Harry Browne

#attract #avoid #because #earn #elements

Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters. ↗

— Sam Wyly

#ago #bought #his #i #letters

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#dictionaries #distraction #enough #excellent #impossible

Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. ↗

— Samuel Ullman

#act #become #bounds #dignity #during

What's the classical moment that every actor or actress deals with? A tragic thing. They get that blank, faraway look in their eyes. But in life, it's not that way. ↗

— Skeet Ulrich

#actress #blank #classical #deals #every

Every obnoxious act is a cry for help. ↗

— Zig Ziglar

#cry #every #help #obnoxious

Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case. ↗

— Vincent Bugliosi

#although #any #case #charles #commit

This fact lays on us - so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort - the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany's part. ↗

— Bernhard von Bulow

#duty #effort #fact #fear #germany

Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life. ↗

— Charlotte Bunch

#existence #fact #lesbians #lies #life

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#certain #consequences #deterrent #effect #factor