#relative

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#books #character #fantasy #few #fiction

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job. ↗

— Bill Murray

#always #ask #become #being #being rich

We who are interested in relative truth have to keep digging for it and not let ourselves be sucked under. ↗

— Holly Near

#interested #keep #ourselves #relative #sucked

I think the word rich is all relative. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#i think #relative #rich #think #word

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#default #expect #greek #happens #other

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#gave #late #lodge #many #me

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#character #like #man #nobody #relative

I still have drive, but everything is relative. ↗

— Don Rickles

#everything #i #relative #still

When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#any #attraction #children #compassion #feel

As I detail in my new book: 'Hard Measures, How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives,' there are many myths surrounding the detention of a relatively small number of top terrorists at CIA-run 'black sites' from 2002 until they were sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2006. ↗

— Jose A. Rodriguez, Jr.

#after #aggressive #american #american lives #bay