#reckon

All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

#desirable #directly #human #indirectly #reckoned

I choose many voices to consider and reckon with, rather than just one to tolerate. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#consider #quotes #reckoning #tolerate #voice

Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea? ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#jealousy #reckoning #small-mindedness #tea #wine

Screw caution," Tori said. "I'm outta here." We looked at her. "Well, I am. As long as someone comes with me." We kept looking at her. She sighed. "Fine, but when everything goes to hell, just remember, I get to blame you guys, because I wanted to leave right away. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#chloe #derek #kelley #reckoning #tori

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#good #man #much #never #not good enough

Some people reckoned that I looked healthier when I was bigger but I had terrible skin and no energy. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#energy #had #healthier #i #looked

By 1962, King had become, by the media's reckoning, the new civil rights leader. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#civil #civil rights #had #king #leader

There are two great unknown forces today, electricity and woman, but men can reckon much better on electricity than they can on woman. ↗

— Josephine K. Henry

#electricity #forces #great #men #much

There is a time of reckoning in all our lives. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#our #our lives #reckoning #time

We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#call #expect #inferior #lazy #reckon