#ere

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#decline #dissolution #drunkard #fitness #gutter

Furthermore, the unearned increment from land appears in the United States as a gain to the first comers, who have here laid the foundations of a new State. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#comers #first #foundations #furthermore #gain

The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#between #capital #communication #country #enormous

Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#cool #epiphany #great #i #kid

When we were filming, I thought that I was Peter Pan, you know? I thought I was the coolest kid in the world, so I wound up being the coolest kid in the world. ↗

— Jeremy Sumpter

#coolest #filming #i #kid #know

If I had my own Neverland it would probably be the coolest place in the world. You could do anything you want there. There would be trees everywhere. ↗

— Jeremy Sumpter

#coolest #could #everywhere #had #i

It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name. ↗

— Jeremy Sumpter

#even #hearing #i #know #name

I also want the chance to work with some of the best actors in the business, because that's where you can learn so much by just being on a set and getting a feel for how they approach their role and how they work with you. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#approach #because #being #best #business

We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children. ↗

— Patricia Sun

#around #beauty #because #brains #brilliance

He suffered from paralysis by analysis. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#paralysis #suffered