#ow

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt. ↗

— Henry George

#boldest #century #clothed #could #dreamt

I don't know, I think people who meet me just get pretty much what I am. ↗

— Melissa George

#get #i #i am #i think #just

I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked. ↗

— Melissa George

#business #came #eventually #everything #had

No matter what the character is, I just say to myself 'If I, Melissa George, was in that situation, how would I react?' and once you do that you can just go for it, and hopefully the performance comes through. ↗

— Melissa George

#comes #george #go #go for it #hopefully

As the rich consume more and more, they are clearly not going to want to downgrade their own status. ↗

— Susan George

#consume #downgrade #going #more #more and more

Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration. ↗

— Susan George

#army #because #better #colonialism #control

I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#got #grates #had #i #integrity

Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it. ↗

— Gordon Strachan

#depths #despair #forward #go #got

If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees. ↗

— Susan George

#down #forest #how #many #matter

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics. ↗

— Susan George

#getting #into #now #people #politics