#old

The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country. ↗

— Ted Rall

#allied #billion #commitment #country #coupled

You don't get old until you replace dreams with regrets. ↗

— Troy Dumais

#get #old #regrets #replace #until

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#dangerous #disarmed #force #government #holds

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people. ↗

— Basil Rathbone

#critical #grows #less #more #older

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes. ↗

— Dan Rather

#back #ball games #baseball #bit #chair

And it's also producing a growth in debt to the United States that will weight very heavily in a country that has to address issues like having more old people to be covered by Social Security or by pension in the future. ↗

— Rodrigo Rato

#also #country #covered #debt #future

Children will not pretend to be enjoying books, and they will not read books because they have been told that these books are good. They are looking for delight. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#been #books #children #delight #enjoying

Who told you I was a musician? ↗

— Leon Redbone

#musician #told #who #you

I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it. ↗

— Noel Redding

#anyone #i #mushroom #natural #ok

And you can't complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn't that what everyone in the world wants to do? I've known Emma for a few years. She's this amazing capacity of young and vibrant and brilliant, but also a bright, intelligent old soul. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#also #amazing #bright #brilliant #capacity