#heir

It's such a stress always trying to get bigger houses and larger cars and better schools. Of course, parents want to give their children the best opportunities in life, but sometimes that can stifle them. ↗

— Shirley Henderson

#best #better #bigger #cars #children

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead. ↗

— Edward Hoagland

#although #better #better life #both #buy

There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities. ↗

— Eric Hobsbawm

#activities #consequences #even #group #individuals

I've always been fascinated by activists, people who will devote their life to a cause, people who go to India and to Africa and put their life in jeopardy to do what they believe is right. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#africa #always #been #believe #cause

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. ↗

— Mike Honda

#benefits #equal #equal pay #family #get

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. ↗

— Homer

#fathers #few #most #rarely #similar

If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#enlarging #expression #impressionists #innovations #led

A lot of people would rather tour sewers than visit their cousins. ↗

— Jane Howard

#lot #people #rather #than #their

In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure. ↗

— King Hussein I

#among #began #believer #cognizant #departure

That's why 60,000 people go ape when the Stones play 'Satisfaction.' The songs are part of their legacy, and you fall back in love with them over the years. ↗

— Joe Elliott

#back #fall #go #legacy #love