#ld

One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124,000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits. What will we pay him? $3.3 million in pension payments over his life and nearly $500,000 for health care benefits - a total of $3.8m on a $120,000 investment. ↗

— Chris Christie

#care #career #course #entire #entire career

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in. ↗

— Julie Christie

#exists #happiness #i #i think #interesting

I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much. ↗

— Julie Christie

#could #embarrassed #enjoy #i #kind

Russia should support globalization. The Internet can develop in Russia in a very speedy way. ↗

— Anatoly Chubais

#globalization #internet #russia #should #speedy

People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#become #done #famous #people #say

I was an undergraduate at Princeton, and I was pressed by the math department to go on to graduate school. Actually they gave me fellowships that paid my way, otherwise I would not have been able to continue. ↗

— Alonzo Church

#actually #been #continue #department #gave

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there. ↗

— Connie Chung

#bald #equality #fat #i #i think

The only thing that might have annoyed some mathematicians was the presumption of assuming that maybe the axiom of choice could fail, and that we should look into contrary assumptions. ↗

— Alonzo Church

#assuming #assumptions #axiom #choice #contrary

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. ↗

— John Ciardi

#convictions #could #courage #easy #enough

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion. ↗

— Colley Cibber

#good #had #know #out #world