#pop

The use of refined petroleum as fuel, which began in the 1850s, freed hundreds of millions of people from the toil of centuries, gave hundreds of millions more a life of ease and plenty, and, by allowing great cities to feed themselves from every corner of the world, multiplied the population of the earth fivefold. ↗

— James Buchan

#began #centuries #cities #corner #earth

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#become #choose #construction #flatterers #guides

My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die. ↗

— Kate Bush

#before #die #done #first #i

The '80s were the worst period. You had these horrible pop bands growing their hair and calling themselves metal. ↗

— Geezer Butler

#calling #growing #had #hair #horrible

Yeah, I don't deal with current events or pop culture, and I avoid politics like the plague. ↗

— Max Cannon

#culture #current #current events #deal #events

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. ↗

— George Carlin

#believe #i #just #many #much

Because you want to have competition to drive down the price. You want innovation. You have the ability to get people to agree that it's worth having a public plan. You could get private insurers to cover this population, but you couldn't without giving the population leverage in the marketplace. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#agree #because #competition #could #cover

It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star. ↗

— Belinda Carlisle

#full #i #life #lived #many

A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it. ↗

— John le Carre

#experience #his #like #lives #mainstream

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. ↗

— Carrie Chapman Catt

#binding #custom #ever #law #more