#bet

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#far #general #general rule #go #hands

Whereas with foreign coverage there's a much broader disconnect between you and your audience. ↗

— John Pomfret

#between #broader #coverage #disconnect #foreign

I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#believed #down #i #lay #never

I was who I was in high school in accordance with the rules of conduct for a normal person, like obeying your mom and dad. Then I got out of high school and moved out of the house, and I just started, for lack of a better term, running free. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#better #conduct #dad #free #got

Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose... anything goes. ↗

— Cole Porter

#authors #better #four-letter #goes #good

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness. ↗

— Michael Porter

#distinction #effectiveness #fundamental #operational #strategy

I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like. ↗

— Parker Posey

#better #done #i #like #nothing

People find ideas a bore because they do not distinguish between live ones and stuffed ones on a shelf. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#between #bore #distinguish #find #ideas

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club? ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#ass #better #chair #club #down

We're basically after Joe's beer money, and Joe likes his beer, so you better make sure that what you give him is at least as pleasurable to him as having his six-pack of beer would be. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#basically #beer #better #give #having