#gains

Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#desire #even #fame #having #read

Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#against #certainly #contrary #faith #see

Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself. ↗

— William Petty

#back #certain #certain time #certainly #come

I have a thing against reality shows. I think they are so fake. I think they are produced before they begin. I think people know where they're going, what they're going to say, what the situation is. These things just don't happen and you know that. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#before #begin #fake #going #happen

Hurtling the Pentagon into an unprecedented budgetary meltdown is horrifically irresponsible. Obama doesn't care. This is war - not against the Taliban, but war against the GOP. He has Republicans on the ropes, and that's a victory he savors and desires - unlike Afghanistan, where he seems only to want to turn tail. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#against #budgetary #care #desires #gop

Evil gains work their punishment. ↗

— Sophocles

#gains #punishment #their #work

But I warn my colleagues that we will fail in our efforts to protect the homeland if we do not take additional steps to avoid a trade-off between protecting ourselves against terrorists attacks and preparing for and responding to natural disasters. ↗

— David E. Price

#against #attacks #avoid #between #colleagues

When I don't feel free and can't do what I want I just react. I go against it. ↗

— Keanu Reeves

#feel #free #go #i #just

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#dangerous #disarmed #force #government #holds

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#aggression #certainty #comes #form #gone