#resort

What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#clever man #commit #crime #ever #half-wits

At all events, arbitration is more rational, just, and humane than the resort to the sword. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#events #humane #just #more #rational

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments. ↗

— Drew Curtis

#espn #fill #hours #impossible #like

For years, we've grown dependant on American consumers as the world's spenders of last resort. They've kept Europe out of recession, allowed China to industrialise, and prevented global deflation. But at the same time, they've not been looking after their own futures. ↗

— Evan Davis

#allowed #american #american consumers #been #china

There are Americans will find it difficult to believe that the Prime Minister can simply impose candidates on ridings, and can so efficiently move individuals out of private life and into the Cabinet with virtually no resort to the electorate. ↗

— Stockwell Day

#cabinet #candidates #difficult #efficiently #electorate

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#capital #capital punishment #defensive #however #ignorance

But, when you have to resort to turntables, trick lights, flashing lights, fire and all that, you're actually saying, I need this because what I do is not all that together. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#because #fire #flashing #flashing lights #i

What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#last #mankind #resort #then #truths

Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write. ↗

— Wally Amos

#many #read #resort #ultimately #who

Do you like flora and fauna? How about plants and animals? Because we have more of that beautiful crap than we know what to do with. Charmingly domesticated troops of monkeys swing freely throughout our orchid-laden property. You’re probably thinking that a lot of all-inclusive resorts have monkeys. True, but only one resort packs a monkey for each of their guests to take home. You’ll be showing off more than a tan to your friends, you’ll be showing off a gibbon. ↗

— Colin Nissan

#funny #humor #monkeys #resorts #beauty