#led

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#admitted #ambition #another #becomes #consist

Look, I think by the time my case was over and other ones, everybody on both sides of the aisle in Congress said we can't run a government by this kind of process and they repealed the law and that's good. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#both #both sides #by the time #case #congress

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#breadth #humanitarian #knowledge #lays #solely

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. ↗

— Roger Babson

#character #conditions #demand #destroyed #good

The Republicans would like to take us back to a darker time, when corporations ruled and the underserved had no rights. ↗

— Joe Baca

#corporations #darker #had #like #republicans

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#california #called #ever #financial #had

I would do it today because the thing that appealed to me was not necessarily the mechanics of the robot, but it was his personality and how funny and charming he was. ↗

— John Badham

#because #charming #funny #his #how

Pouring concrete on land you don't own is called a calculated risk, if you don't pour you loose millions. ↗

— Eddie Perez

#calculated risk #called #concrete #land #loose

Brendan stopped reading. The words had melted into a liquid blur...In his possession was a box full of information that would likely fill in the gaps and help him to wrap his brain around the whys of her death. And yet, there was really only one question that mattered, and Tommy had already answered it. ↗

— Lynda Meyers

#books #brendan #letters-from-the-ledge #lftl #lynda-meyers

The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. ↗

— David Bailey

#best #ever #got #i #keep