#les

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. ↗

— Edward Young

#her #loves #maid #miracles #out

In my dreams, I could be a Princess, and that's what I was. Like most little girls, I believed nothing less than a Prince could make my dreams come true. ↗

— Loretta Young

#come #could #dreams #i #less

People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan. ↗

— Toby Young

#ends #london #manhattan #miles #new

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. ↗

— Toby Young

#aptitude #being #catering #even #had

In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America. ↗

— Toby Young

#britain #celebrate #chances #class #condemn

Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father. ↗

— Toby Young

#classic #difficult #down #father #find

Business money is limitless. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#limitless #money

There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said: 'Go and become a philanthropist.' I said, 'No, I can do that in the business world, create a different kind of business - a business based on selflessness.' ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#become #business #business world #create #different

If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. ↗

— Lin Yutang

#how #learned #live #manner #perfectly

We have two tables on our airplane that are set up with the games. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#games #our #set #tables #two