#d

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#class #classes #crush #each #extreme

Joint-stock companies are yet in their infancy, and incorporated capital, instead of being a thing which can be overturned, is a thing which is becoming more and more indispensable. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#being #capital #companies #incorporated #indispensable

I lost my confidence. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#i #lost

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its debt in the penitentiary or the poor house. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#find #generally #house #living #men

I'd wake up in the morning and I would think, 'Where am I?' I'd have to gather myself. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#gather #i #morning #myself #think

Sometimes I draw blanks. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#draw #i #sometimes

When you grow up on a dairy farm, cows don't take a day off. So you work every day and my dad always said, 'No one can outwork you.' ↗

— Pat Summitt

#cows #dad #dairy #day #every

I have never known a man who was sensual in his youth, who was high-minded when old. ↗

— Charles Sumner

#i #known #man #never #old

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. ↗

— Charles Sumner

#fame #founded #happiness #labors #mankind

I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan. ↗

— Norman Granz

#doing #fan #i #i am #jazz