#cons

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#character #conspicuously #poor #privation #turn

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#between #choosing #consists #disastrous #politics

In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#comrades #consequence #diminished #each #fun

I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful. ↗

— Vincent Gallo

#constantly #done #enjoy #feel #feel good

There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#court #courts #higher #justice #other

I've been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do. ↗

— James Gandolfini

#considering #i #i do #like #look

Obama considers himself above deal-making and back-slapping, political necessities he often delegates to Vice President Joe Biden and other lesser sorts. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#considers #delegates #himself #joe #lesser

Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#candidates #consultants #dark #democrats #hear

I'm a little different from all those conservation types. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#different #i #little #those #types

I think people are born bisexual and the make subconscious choices based on the pressures of society. I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who is bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never sleep with a girl who had slept with a man. ↗

— Megan Fox

#also #based #because #being #bisexual