#landlord

Most people don't know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I've performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he's gay so that the landlord won't evict him. ↗

— John Ritter

#actor #am #apartment #dramatic #dramatic actor

I try not to deal with people's hostility, though I must if they have something I need from them, as the professors did at Columbia or my landlord did. ↗

— George Weinberg

#deal #did #hostility #i #landlord

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#been #landlords #long #terms #tolerated

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed. ↗

— Karl Marx

#like #love #men #never #other

As the revenue of the farmer is realized in raw produce, or in the value of raw produce, he is interested, as well as the landlord, in its high exchangeable value, but a low price of produce may be compensated to him by a great additional quantity. ↗

— David Ricardo

#compensated #exchangeable #exchangeable value #farmer #great

If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far greater degree by the increased opulence of the commercial classes. ↗

— David Ricardo

#classes #commercial #commodities #degree #demand

As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. ↗

— Adam Smith

#become #country #demand #even #land

We are only tenants, and shortly the great Landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired. ↗

— Joseph Jefferson

#give #great #landlord #lease #notice

Johnny,the super,stares forward.His new tangerine hair half blinds me above a purple,leopard print shirt.I swing the door wide.“Come in,Johnny.”He eyes Fenris.“I think I’ll stand here,if you don’t mind.Gobbledepoop.”“Yeah, okay.”I lift my purse from the kitchen counter and scrounge for my wallet.Handing Johnny a number of bills, I say, “This should square us, dude. I’ll be out tomorrow.” “Shame.” He flips through the money, his lips silently counting. “You pay on time, and you’re quiet.I like things serene and peaceful.”I glance at his flaming hair. “I can see that about you. ↗

— Julie Reece

#landlord-and-tenet #paying #money

The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#east #especially #europe #feudal #feudalism