#ible

Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#back #boom #capable #capacity #cripple

It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles. ↗

— Muriel Spark

#disagree #does #impossible #man #persuade

Now, it's almost impossible to go out and do a film about a new form of music. ↗

— Penelope Spheeris

#almost #film #form #go #impossible

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#truth #bible

I couldn't believe they were saying I put a horrible fake plastic bosom over scars I was trying to heal and keep it in place with a tight bra, which could stop my blood flow, just so I could fit into my clothes. ↗

— Koo Stark

#blood #bosom #bra #clothes #could

Obviously dunking on Horace Grant and Michael, in those circumstances, is just an incredible thing to happen. I'm happy I was able to make that play, and I'm fortunate I was in that position where I could make that happen for my team. ↗

— John Starks

#circumstances #could #fortunate #grant #happen

I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#library #bible

If the United States is to protect itself from the economic and the political threats created by this excessive dependence, we must reduce our reliance on foreign energy sources and on foreign oil as quickly and as efficiently as possible. ↗

— John Shadegg

#dependence #economic #efficiently #energy #energy sources

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#asked #been #deal #great #great deal

When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#avoid #criticize #each #field #genuinely