#icu

Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

#allow #enough #give #plus #public

Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users. ↗

— Dan Farmer

#copy #difficult #even #honesty #internet

The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies. ↗

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

#disagrees #does #emphasize #enduring #europe

Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need. ↗

— James Buchan

#competitive #conspicuous #consumption #creates #desires

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#concern #congressional #difficulty #favor #given

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#difficult #easy #human #likes #make

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#business #complex #difficult #effective #more

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. ↗

— Julia Cameron

#admit #admitting #courage #difficult #dream

The condition of the tribes which occupy the country set apart for them in the West is highly prosperous, and encourages the hope of their early civilization. They have for the most part abandoned the hunter state and turned their attention to agricultural pursuits. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#agricultural #apart #attention #civilization #condition

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#arisen #aspect #been #cultivate #desire