#pocket

I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook. ↗

— Jay-Z

#back #bag #buy #corner #get

A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls. ↗

— Sam Keen

#creates #devoid #economy #fills #frequently

I just think more precaution should be taken when I'm inside the pocket. Look at all the replays - I'm on the ground every time. It's unfortunate for myself, it's unfortunate for my team and I'd be lying if I sat here and said I wasn't frustrated right now. ↗

— Michael Vick

#every time #frustrated #ground #here #i

won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed. ↗

— Lucille Clifton

#inspiration #life #national-poetry-month #poem-in-your-pocket-day #poetry

Another is, if you take money out of your left pocket and put it in your right pocket, you're no richer. ↗

— Merton Miller

#left #money #out #pocket #put

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#empty stomach #failing #full #groans #human

An emotional man may possess no humor, but a humorous man usually has deep pockets of emotion, sometimes tucked away or forgotten. ↗

— Constance Rourke

#deep #emotion #emotional #forgotten #humor

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#attempts #conceived #console #discourage #generally

I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#certain #i #just #keep #lighter

Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania. ↗

— Tim Murphy

#create #cuts #economy #families #grow