#pit

Despite my involvement in difficult and sometimes controversial questions I have received consistent support from the people of Ashfield. They have recognised that it is necessary to take difficult decisions, that newspapers do not always report fairly or accurately. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#always #consistent #controversial #decisions #despite

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth. ↗

— Frances Burney

#anything #create #cruel #despite #earth

Then, there was Cary Grant. He spent three hours a week in hospitals teaching nervous people how to eat jello. ↗

— Red Buttons

#cary grant #eat #grant #hospitals #hours

It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities. ↗

— Steve Buyer

#america #care #comes #communities #continue

Being on stage isn't so tough compared to the football pitch. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#compared #football #pitch #stage #tough

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#capitalism #garden #getting #plant #unemployment

It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#acting #appears #bailouts #capital #companies

Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class. ↗

— Al Capone

#class #legitimate #racket #ruling #ruling class

But the - look, I think that this - the United States of America is still the most powerful economy in the world. It is an incredible engine for creativity and innovation. And it has the most - smartest, most effective workforce in the world. So we have a lot going for us, in spite of the fractiousness of our politics. ↗

— Jay Carney

#creativity #economy #effective #engine #going

If Adam and Eve were not hunter-gatherers, then they were certainly gatherers. But, then, consumer desire, or self-embitterment, or the 'itch,' as Schopenhauer called it, appeared in the shape of the serpent. This capitalistic monster awakens in Adam and Eve the possibility that things could be better. Instantly, they are cast out of the garden and condemned to a life of toil, drudgery, and pain. Wants supplanted needs, and things have been going downhill ever since. ↗

— Tom Hodgkinson

#anarchism #capitalism #freedom #freedom