#privilege

The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed, in commercial language, a rent; and under the same head must be ranked all extraordinary qualities of body and mind. ↗

— Nassau William Senior

#commercial #extraordinary #head #language #made

Why are you not smarter? It's only the rich who can't afford to be smart. They're compromised. They got locked years ago into privilege. They have to protect their belongings. No one is meaner than the rich. Trust me. But they have to follow the rules of their shitty civilised world. They declare war, they have honour, and they can't leave. But you two. We three. We're free. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#intelligence #privilege #rich #wealth #freedom

Stop thinking about class, she'd say. Like a rich man telling a poor man to stop thinking about money. ↗

— John Fowles

#money #privilege #money

I came to the conclusion a while ago that there is nothing romantic or supernatural about loving someone: Love is the privilege of being responsible for another. It was, for a time, what kept me going: Each morning, for a little while, I got to feel the weight of the yoke on my back as I pulled the ancient cart of my species. ↗

— John Green

#privilege #zombies #love

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life. ↗

— Todd Akin

#any #attempt #civil #civil government #family

Being able to still make records is a privilege. I don't take it casually. ↗

— Tori Amos

#being #casually #i #make #privilege

I've been doing nineteen hours a day on London, nothing else, I mean this has been my whole life, and writing has been put on one side, and if I'm privileged enough to be the Mayor of this city, then I will not write again. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#been #city #day #doing #else

I'm a conduit for telling people's stories. It's a privilege. ↗

— Tori Amos

#i #people #privilege #stories #telling

These opportunities don't come around too often. It's quite an honor and a privilege to be able to sit here today saying that I'm a part-owner of an NFL team. ↗

— Marc Anthony

#around #come #here #honor #i

I love people for giving me their time. It's a privilege - I make the most of it. ↗

— David Bailey

#i #i love #love #make #me