#ex

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#democracy #exist #form #fortunes #great

A consumer doesn't take anything away: he doesn't actually consume anything. Giving the same thing to a thousand consumers is not really any more expensive than giving it to just one. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#any #anything #away #consume #consumer

The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#even #express #genius #great #great number

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor. ↗

— Alvin Toffler

#about #biological #come #computer #computers

On October 18, 1941, I suddenly received a mandate from His Majesty to form a new cabinet. This was completely unexpected, and when I was summoned to the Imperial Palace I thought I would be questioned on the army's point of view. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#cabinet #completely #form #his #i

People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election. ↗

— Tatyana Tolstaya

#am #author #election #good #i

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#artist #experienced #feeling #handicraft #transmission

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant. ↗

— Alberto Tomba

#extroverted #i #introverted #lot #need

A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman's voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#closet #express #free #general #heard

I prefer to express myself physically, or non-verbally. I prefer just to react without having a lot of dialogue. ↗

— Marisa Tomei

#express #having #i #just #lot