#cons

The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English. ↗

— Harry Browne

#constitution #english #plain #written

Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion. ↗

— John Bruton

#best #borrow #companies #consumers #economy

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free. ↗

— John Bruton

#consists #economy #feel #free #grow

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#buck #considerable #facet #had #just

Evil societies always kill their consciences. ↗

— James L. Farmer, Jr.

#consciences #evil #kill #societies #their

Action is coarsened thought; thought becomes concrete, obscure, and unconscious. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#becomes #concrete #obscure #thought #unconscious

My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences. ↗

— James Buchan

#belief #cannot #city #complex #consequences

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity. ↗

— James Buchan

#awash #been #british #consequences #consular

Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#anyone #barrel #been #bring #certainly

I'm not vicious really. I consider myself to be kindhearted. I love my mum. ↗

— Sid Vicious

#i #i love #love #mum #myself