#over

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#give #government #happiness #men #office

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#cuts #down #eager #every #fruit

So you know, everyone points out Greece's default record, but the history of a lot of sovereign nations is not a good one when it comes to lending them money. ↗

— James Chanos

#default #everyone #good #greece #history

Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#despair #gaiety #often #over #reckless

Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#field #frankly #get #government #i

I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover. ↗

— Mark David Chapman

#album cover #cardboard #celebrity #cover #did

We had prepared, my staff had prepared for me a whole dossier on virtually - on George Bush on his votes on his records, what he had done over the past number of years in public service. ↗

— Geraldine Ferraro

#done #george #george bush #had #his

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#embrace #failures #figure #gonna #great

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire. ↗

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

#after #discovered #energies #fire #god

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine. ↗

— Ray Charles

#any #borrow #flour #give #got