#ape

The price of a commodity will never go to zero. When you invest in commodities futures, you're not buying a piece of paper that says you own an intangible piece of company that can go bankrupt. ↗

— Jim Rogers

#buying #commodities #commodity #company #futures

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance. ↗

— Will Rogers

#i #ignorance #just #know #papers

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#chair #difficult #easier #famous #object

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings of dictatorship by somebody else. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#been #beginnings #cried #dictatorship #else

I was reading so much about myself in the papers that was not me. ↗

— Rebecca Loos

#i #me #much #myself #papers

Fortunately, this is not something that we see a lot of. Very rarely do you see a dog in this terrible shape from starvation. People just aren't that cruel. ↗

— Jonathan Ross

#dog #fortunately #just #lot #people

I almost never set out to photograph a landscape, nor do I think of my camera as a means of recording a mountain or an animal unless I absolutely need a 'record shot'. My first thought is always of light. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#almost #always #animal #camera #first

I enjoyed growing up part of my life in Virginia Beach. We had the ocean and the beach and a beautiful landscape. We were outdoors all the time and we played outside. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#beautiful #enjoyed #growing #growing up #had

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#consent #contacts #critical #experiences #help

Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#desire #escape #far #greater #intercourse