#om

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into profitability. It converts desire into attention, a grip on our eyeballs and eardrums, which in turn can be marketed to advertisers. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

#attention #convert #converts #desire #economic

Yes, and there were changes of light on landscapes and changes of direction of the wind and the force of the wind and weather. That whole scene is too important in Homer to neglect. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#direction #force #homer #important #landscapes

The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#american flag #flag #freedom #history #national

The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#brought #closer #communication #communities #globe

Today, credit rating agencies rate companies, countries and bonds. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#bonds #companies #countries #credit #credit rating

Out of nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing. ↗

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

#come #nothing #out

Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform, and mortal men lay hold on heaven. ↗

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

#fools #heaven #hold #idlers #lay

We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. ↗

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

#consume #fretting #our #tomorrows #yesterdays

Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee. ↗

— Jeff Flake

#appropriations #committee #earmark #filled #forms

By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented. ↗

— Janet Flanner

#love #man #men #nor #operate