#era

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#degenerate #die #gamble #gambled #gambler

I was away from the front lines for a while this spring, living with other troops, and considerable fighting took place while I was gone. When I got ready to return to my old friends at the front I wondered if I would sense any change in them. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#away #change #considerable #fighting #friends

Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength. ↗

— Sid Waddell

#darts #fitter #footballers #lot #most

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. ↗

— Pliny the Elder

#generally #good #good reputation #lose #more

You're talking about a younger generation, Generation Y, whose interpersonal communication skills are different from Generation X. The younger generation is more comfortable saying something through a digital mechanism than even face to face. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#comfortable #communication #communication skills #different #digital

Twenty-five percent of search results for the world's top 20 largest brands are links to user generated content and thirty-four percent of bloggers post opinions about products and brands. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#bloggers #brands #content #generated #largest

As the poet has expected, the alarms now are sounded, for - and it must be said again - the birth of a poet is always a threat to the existing cultural order, because he attempts to break through the circle of literary castes to reach the center. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#always #attempts #because #birth #break

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#been #between #cultures #evident #generally

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them. ↗

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

#any #must #republic #rules #them

So if one, or two, or a handful of guys sells drugs for their own personal gain and profit who just so happens to be a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, we want that same consideration. ↗

— Chuck Zito

#club #consideration #gain #guys #handful