#pen

Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself. ↗

— William Petty

#back #certain #certain time #certainly #come

Once I'm already in my room, I still have to open a door to get into my bed. It's like a giant box. It's like the boy in a bubble. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#bed #box #boy #bubble #door

I have a thing against reality shows. I think they are so fake. I think they are produced before they begin. I think people know where they're going, what they're going to say, what the situation is. These things just don't happen and you know that. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#before #begin #fake #going #happen

I happened to come along in the music business when there was no trend. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#business #come #happened #i #music

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#become #begin #boy #child #childhood

I think there's always a call for people who are bucking the norm. But I don't expect it to happen now because I think that more than ever the entertainment industry is trying to serve as a distraction, to keep people from thinking too hard. ↗

— Guy Picciotto

#because #call #distraction #entertainment #entertainment industry

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's, privacy. ↗

— Mary Pickford

#cherished #full #great #live #lives

Money is not everything. My ambition was football itself, not the money I'd make from it. If that brings me and my family a more comfortable lifestyle, then that's fine. But I don't spend my time between games and training sessions thinking about figures. ↗

— Alessandro Del Piero

#ambition #between #brings #comfortable #everything

I always say that things are meant to be and everything happens for a reason, so I don't have any regrets. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#any #everything #happens #i #i always

I had a bad experience doing public speaking at school. I had to talk about a pen for five minutes and it was really hard work. I couldn't wait to get off the stage. ↗

— Karl Pilkington

#bad #doing #experience #five #get