#boo

A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls. ↗

— Sam Keen

#creates #devoid #economy #fills #frequently

The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

#book #experience #gore #into #look

If you put this in the context of Detroit in '64 or '65, the economy was booming. Everybody had jobs and there was a whole nightclub culture where bands could work. ↗

— Wayne Kramer

#booming #context #could #culture #detroit

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. ↗

— Helen Keller

#awkwardness #barrier #book #discourses #disenfranchised

It didn't feel difficult at the time because I was so charged up about both books. Afterward, however, I was pretty tired. In a good way, like after a great workout. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#after #because #books #both #charged

I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when I'm on an airplane - I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because it's the only time I can sleep, and it's the only time I get to read. ↗

— Kesha

#airplane #because #book #ever #fear

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life. ↗

— Gabrielle Zevin

#reading #food

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading. ↗

— John M. Ford

#book #certainly #completely #disposable #giving

We invite American companies looking to raise capital to list on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The region has a liquidity oversupply approximating $1 trillion and this pool of capital can be tapped into by creative American companies. The next Facebook may very well get funded on the BSE. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#american companies #bahrain #bse #capital #companies

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David. ↗

— Luke Ford

#abraham lincoln #books #churchill #david #heroes